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Letter Carriers Branch 529

319 N.L.R.B. 879 (N.L.R.B. 1995)
Letter Carriers Branch 529

7 Cited authorities

  1. Vaca v. Sipes

    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"

  2. Air Line Pilots v. O'Neill

    499 U.S. 65 (1991)   Cited 1,076 times   4 Legal Analyses
    Holding that this rule "applies to all union activity"

  3. 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

  4. Nat'l Labor Relations Bd. v. Local 282, International Brotherhood of Teamsters

    740 F.2d 141 (2d Cir. 1984)   Cited 75 times
    Holding that there is "no reason why a breach of this duty cannot also be found . . . [where] the Union is charged with failing to inform many of its members about an arbitration award affecting their employment status

  5. Merk v. Jewel Companies, Inc.

    848 F.2d 761 (7th Cir. 1988)   Cited 42 times
    Finding the union owed no continuing duty of fair representation to former employees

  6. Caputo v. Nat'l. Ass'n of Letter Carriers

    730 F. Supp. 1221 (E.D.N.Y. 1990)   Cited 30 times
    Holding that union had breached its duty of fair representation by missing a deadline to file a grievance on behalf of one of its members because the missed deadline was "not the result of an error of judgment . . . but rather an omission which is properly characterized as arbitrary."

  7. Section 1209 - Applicability of Federal labor laws

    39 U.S.C. § 1209   Cited 45 times

    (a) Employee-management relations shall, to the extent not inconsistent with provisions of this title, be subject to the provisions of subchapter II of chapter 7 of title 29. (b) The provisions of chapter 11 of title 29 shall be applicable to labor organizations that have or are seeking to attain recognition under section 1203 of this title, and to such organizations, officers, agents, shop stewards, other representatives, and members to the extent to which such provisions would be applicable if