Opinion ID: 326959
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Heading: The Union's Liability

Text: 47 Because the district court found no Title VII violation, it did not consider the Union's liability. We therefore remand for further consideration of the extent of the Union's and the Local's participation in the perpetuation of the illegal system. See Johnson v. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., supra at 1381-82. The Union relies on the same basic arguments as the Railroad, and emphasizes particularly that promotion is a management prerogative, so as to further insulate the Union from liability. We have shown, however, that management prerogative cannot be exercised to extend a system which penalizes one race. The court should consider to what extent the Union's history of segregation 4 and its encouragement of and acquiescence in present practices through its collective bargaining agreement has contributed to the inferior position now held by blacks. Let it merely be reiterated that 48 (w)hen the current effects of past and sometimes present racial discrimination in entities subject to the National Labor Relations Act have come to our attention, this Court has unhesitatingly required affirmative remedial relief. 49 United States v. Jacksonville Terminal, supra at 455, and the cases cited therein. 50