August 10, 2026
The Eleventh Circuit upheld a win Monday for a pipe fitters union in a lawsuit alleging it routinely passing over Black journeyman pipe fitters for work assignments in favor of white workers, finding the claims failed to show that the unions had established discriminatory referral practices.
May 21, 2026
An Eleventh Circuit panel appeared puzzled Thursday by Black union pipe fitters' claims that they were passed over for work assignments in favor of white counterparts, expressing confusion about what legal framework they believed an Alabama federal judge should have used.