595 F.2d 808 (D.C. Cir. 1979) Cited 17 times
In Letter Carriers, the court distinguished a local referendum to choose between alternative leave provisions in the executed national contract from the type of contract ratification vote involved in the instant case; the court expressly noted that a contract ratification procedure restricted to union members "is consistent with negotiation of a tentative contract by the bargaining agent, acting in a representative capacity, and with observance of the duty of fair representation."