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U.S. Steel Workers of America v. Weber 1979

Decided in 1979, United Steelworkers of America v. Weber was the first case dealing with affirmative action policies in employment to reach the Supreme Court. In 1974, in order to address decades of racial discrimination in its hiring practices and a serious under-representation of blacks among the ranks of its skilled workers, Kaiser Aluminum & Chemical Corp...

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