Re: Fouche V. NJ Transit

2012-07-20 Thread Michael Masinter
The district court order in Fouche, reported at 2011 WL 2792450, seems unremarkable; the CBA was straightforward; a more senior driver returned to work, exercised his seniority rights not to work on Sunday, bumping Fouche into a Sunday assignment, and Fouche responded by not coming to work

Fouche V. NJ Transit

2012-07-20 Thread Marc Stern
An unpublished opinion of the Third Circuit in Fouche v.NJ Transit (11-3031) portends excluding large classes of jobs from the protection of Title VII.A full time driver sought to be accommodated in not driving on Sunday. The employer claimed its labor contract precluded accommodation; whethe