Mealey's (July 26, 2018, 2:18 PM EDT) -- CHICAGO — Black pipe fitters who claim that their union uses an inequitable job assignment system that is biased against black workers may proceed with their claims of intentional discrimination, an Illinois federal judge ruled July 25, denying in part the union’s motion for summary judgment (Duane Porter, et al. v. Pipefitters Association Local Union 597, No. 12-9844, N.D. Ill., 2018 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 124637)....