Hotel & Restaurant Employees Local 64 (Hlj Management)

Vaca v. Sipes
386 U.S. 171 (1967) Cited 4,217 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"
Bazarte v. United Transportation Union
429 F.2d 868 (3d Cir. 1970) Cited 146 times
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"
Local Un. No. 12, v. N.L.R.B
368 F.2d 12 (5th Cir. 1966) Cited 90 times
No. 22239. November 9, 1966. Clarence Rhea, Gadsden, Ala., Robert L. Carter, New York City, for petitioner. Marcel Mallet-Prevost, Asst. Gen. Counsel, N.L.R.B., Melvin J. Welles, Atty., N.L.R.B., Washington, D.C., for respondent. Before RIVES and THORNBERRY, Circuit Judges, and GARZA, District Judge. THORNBERRY, Circuit Judge. Petitioner, United Rubber, Cork, Linoleum Plastic Workers of America, AFL-CIO, Local Union No. 12 (hereinafter referred to as Local 12), initiated these proceedings to review