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United Steelworkers and Kaiser Aluminum entered into a collective
bargaining agreement which implemented an affirmative action program
reserving jobs for black employees in an area that was almost exclusively
staffed by white employees. It was argued that this agreement violated
a clause (Title VII) in the Civil Rights Act of 1964 concerning
racial non-discrimination (in this case, a white male). The Court
ruled that this agreement did not violate the Act in that it clearly
upheld the spirit of the law saying, "Congress' primary concern
in enacting the prohibition against racial discrimination in Title
VII was with the plight of the Negro in our economy".
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