Opinion ID: 2981744
Heading Depth: 2
Heading Rank: 1

Heading: Colston’s Hiring

Text: The Library hired Colston on June 9, 2008, as an officer in its security department. Abrams, the former Assistant Chief of Security, favorably forwarded an endorsement for hiring Colston to the Library management. Defendant Michael Janero, the former Chief of Security, approved Abrams’ recommendation to hire Colston. At the same time, the Library hired a male officer, Joseph Smith. Colston and Smith started working for the Library on June 9, 2008. From Colston’s date of hire until the filing of her complaint, the Library did not hire any other officers. Colston, along with the other Library security officers, was supervised by Abrams, the Assistant Director of Security. All officers are union employees and are represented by Teamsters Local Union 244 (the “union”). The collective bargaining agreement (“CBA”) between the Library and the union governs the shift schedules and seniority in the department. Pursuant to the CBA, officers bid for their shifts based on seniority, and maintained those shifts for a year. Because Colston and Smith started on the same day, seniority was governed by birth year. Colston’s birth year came after Smith’s, so she was the security officer with the least seniority in the department.