Plumbers Local 342 (Contra Costa Electric)

31 Cited authorities

Vaca v. Sipes
386 U.S. 171 (1967) Cited 4,204 times 2 Legal Analyses
Holding that, under the LMRA, an "individual employee has absolute right to have his grievance taken to arbitration regardless of the provisions of the applicable collective bargaining agreement"
Air Line Pilots v. O'Neill
499 U.S. 65 (1991) Cited 1,074 times 4 Legal Analyses
Holding that this rule "applies to all union activity"
Hines v. Anchor Motor Freight
424 U.S. 554 (1976) Cited 1,143 times
Holding that employees can challenge final decision of arbitrator only if they "prove . . . the Union's breach of duty tainting the decision of the [arbitrator]"
Steelworkers v. Rawson
495 U.S. 362 (1990) Cited 571 times 1 Legal Analyses
Holding that union could contractually undertake, in collective bargaining agreement, other duties towards member employees in addition to statutorily-imposed duty of fair representation
Abood v. Detroit Board of Education
431 U.S. 209 (1977) Cited 866 times 67 Legal Analyses
Holding that compelling nonmember employees to contribute to union's political activities infringes employees' First Amendment rights
United Parcel Service, Inc. v. Mitchell
451 U.S. 56 (1981) Cited 757 times
Holding that a plaintiff first must establish that the union breached its duty of fair representation before a court may consider evidence of an employer's alleged violation of a CBA
Humphrey v. Moore
375 U.S. 335 (1964) Cited 760 times
Holding that the union did not breach its duty of fair representation in negotiating a deal which favored some members of the same bargaining unit over others
Breininger v. Sheet Metal Workers
493 U.S. 67 (1989) Cited 300 times
Holding that failure of union to refer plaintiff for employment was not cognizable under the LMRDA because it did not involve "discipline"
Ford Motor Co. v. Huffman
345 U.S. 330 (1953) Cited 881 times 1 Legal Analyses
Holding that a union acting in its representative capacity owes a duty of fair representation to those on whose behalf it acts
Steele v. L. N.R. Co.
323 U.S. 192 (1944) Cited 959 times
Holding that a labor organization must represent all members of a "craft or class of employees . . . regardless of their union affiliations or want of them"
Section 157 - Right of employees as to organization, collective bargaining, etc.
29 U.S.C. § 157 Cited 3,296 times 97 Legal Analyses
Granting employees the right to engage in or refrain from engaging in union activity

Plumbers Local 342 (Contra Costa Electric)

31 Cited authorities

Holding that, under the LMRA, an "individual employee has absolute right to have his grievance taken to arbitration regardless of the provisions of the applicable collective bargaining agreement"

Holding that this rule "applies to all union activity"

Holding that employees can challenge final decision of arbitrator only if they "prove . . . the Union's breach of duty tainting the decision of the [arbitrator]"

Holding that union could contractually undertake, in collective bargaining agreement, other duties towards member employees in addition to statutorily-imposed duty of fair representation

Holding that compelling nonmember employees to contribute to union's political activities infringes employees' First Amendment rights

Holding that a plaintiff first must establish that the union breached its duty of fair representation before a court may consider evidence of an employer's alleged violation of a CBA

Holding that the union did not breach its duty of fair representation in negotiating a deal which favored some members of the same bargaining unit over others

Holding that failure of union to refer plaintiff for employment was not cognizable under the LMRDA because it did not involve "discipline"

Holding that a union acting in its representative capacity owes a duty of fair representation to those on whose behalf it acts

Holding that a labor organization must represent all members of a "craft or class of employees . . . regardless of their union affiliations or want of them"

Granting employees the right to engage in or refrain from engaging in union activity