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 union could not expel member because he filed unfair labor practice charge against it without first exhausting internal remedies as provided in union constitution
Upholding breach of duty of fair representation verdict because, in part, union failed to properly calculate plaintiffs' seniority when processing grievance
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"