Case: Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Co.

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Filed Date: 1966

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Case Summary

In its first full year of operations, in 1966, EEOC obtained conciliation agreements with 111 employers, most of them located in the deep South. According to the agency's historical postings, available here, the most far reaching of the conciliation agreements involved the Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company. The Newport News agreement gave class relief for approximately 5,000 black workers. The agreement provided that black workers performing the same jobs as white workers were to be given equal pay for their labor. The agreement also gave promotions to 3,200 black workers and required that all blacks receive an equal opportunity to participate in apprenticeship programs and compete for supervisory and craft jobs. The company also agreed to desegregate its facilities.

Summary Authors

Margo Schlanger (11/20/2008)

Documents in the Clearinghouse

Document

Conciliation Agreement

EEOC v. Newport News Shipbuilding

April 18, 1966

April 18, 1966

Settlement Agreement

Docket

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Case Details

State / Territory: Virginia

Case Type(s):

Equal Employment

Key Dates

Filing Date: 1966

Case Ongoing: No

Plaintiffs

Plaintiff Description:

EEOC

Attorney Organizations:

EEOC

Public Interest Lawyer: Yes

Filed Pro Se: No

Class Action Sought: No

Class Action Outcome: Not sought

Defendants

Newport News Shipping and Drydock, Private Entity/Person

Case Details

Causes of Action:

Title VII (including PDA), 42 U.S.C. § 2000e

Special Case Type(s):

Out-of-court

Available Documents:

Injunctive (or Injunctive-like) Relief

Outcome

Prevailing Party: Plaintiff

Nature of Relief:

Injunction / Injunctive-like Settlement

Source of Relief:

Settlement

Form of Settlement:

Private Settlement Agreement

Content of Injunction:

Hire

Promotion

Discrimination Prohibition

Develop anti-discrimination policy

Follow recruitment, hiring, or promotion protocols

Issues

Discrimination-area:

Promotion

Seniority

Discrimination-basis:

Race discrimination

Race:

Black

EEOC-centric:

Direct Suit on Merits