386 U.S. 171 (1967) Cited 4,215 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"
525 U.S. 33 (1998) Cited 421 times 2 Legal Analyses
Holding that discretionary actions taken by the union on a member's behalf are not arbitrary even where the member can demonstrate they were "erroneous or unsuccessful."
Holding that active supervision unnecessary where challenged ordinance left defendants, car rental companies at Denver International Airport, virtually no discretionary authority in setting and collecting usage fees from their customers because usage fee determined by detailed formula
Holding that an employer conducting an internal investigation suspecting theft by the employee will inevitably require an analysis of what the CBA permitted
Holding that state law cannot afford supervisors a cause of action that they would not have under the NLRA as section 14 relieves "the employer of obligations under any law, either national or local, relating to collective bargaining"
29 U.S.C. § 152 Cited 3,218 times 28 Legal Analyses
Defining a supervisor to include “any individual having authority . . . to hire, transfer, suspend, lay off, recall, promote, discharge, assign, reward, or discipline other employees, or responsibly to direct them, or to adjust their grievances, or effectively to recommend such action, if in connection with the foregoing the exercise of such authority is not of a merely routine or clerical nature, but requires the use of independent judgment”