386 U.S. 171 (1967) Cited 4,209 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"
Holding that "proof that the union may have acted negligently or exercised poor judgment is not enough to support a claim of unfair representation" and a union has discretion to "settle or even to abandon a grievance, so long as it does not act arbitrarily"
In Griffin v. International U., U.A.W., 469 F.2d 181 (4th Cir. 1972), the court stated that a union could not refuse to process a grievance without reasons.
Holding that internal union policies are subject to duty of fair representation where they have "substantial impact on members' rights in relation to the negotiation and administration of the collective bargaining agreement"
In NLRB v. Interboro Contractors, Inc., 388 F.2d 495, 500 (2d Cir. 1967), the Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit stated that the efforts of an individual employee acting alone to enforce the provisions of a collective bargaining agreement may be deemed "concerted," and thus protected, at least when the individual's interpretation of the agreement has a reasonable basis.