United Steel Workers (Atlas Refinery, Inc.)

23 Cited authorities

DelCostello v. Teamsters
462 U.S. 151 (1983) Cited 3,372 times
Holding that a claim for breach of the duty of fair representation must be filed within six months after it accrues
Vaca v. Sipes
386 U.S. 171 (1967) Cited 4,219 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"
Air Line Pilots v. O'Neill
499 U.S. 65 (1991) Cited 1,082 times 4 Legal Analyses
Holding that this rule "applies to all union activity"
Teamsters v. Terry
494 U.S. 558 (1990) Cited 874 times 6 Legal Analyses
Holding that, while plaintiffs' "claim include[d] both legal and equitable issues," their demand for a legal remedy meant they were entitled to a jury trial
Humphrey v. Moore
375 U.S. 335 (1964) Cited 760 times
Holding that the union did not breach its duty of fair representation in negotiating a deal which favored some members of the same bargaining unit over others
Ford Motor Co. v. Huffman
345 U.S. 330 (1953) Cited 882 times 1 Legal Analyses
Holding that a union acting in its representative capacity owes a duty of fair representation to those on whose behalf it acts
Radio Officers v. Labor Board
347 U.S. 17 (1954) Cited 471 times 1 Legal Analyses
Holding that "[t]he policy of the Act is to insulate employees' jobs from their organizational rights"
Nat'l Labor Relations Bd. v. J. H. Rutter-Rex Manufacturing Co.
396 U.S. 258 (1969) Cited 185 times 1 Legal Analyses
Holding that the NLRB "is not required to place the consequences of its own delay, even if inordinate, upon wronged employees to the benefit of wrongdoing employers."
N.L.R.B. v. Wright Line, a Div. of Wright Line, Inc.
662 F.2d 899 (1st Cir. 1981) Cited 358 times 46 Legal Analyses
Holding that the "but for" test applied in a "mixed motive" case under the National Labor Relations Act
Ramey v. District 141, I.A.M
378 F.3d 269 (2d Cir. 2004) Cited 134 times
Holding that duty of fair representation claim "accrued on the date on which performance was due"

United Steel Workers (Atlas Refinery, Inc.)

23 Cited authorities

Holding that a claim for breach of the duty of fair representation must be filed within six months after it accrues

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 this rule "applies to all union activity"

Holding that, while plaintiffs' "claim include[d] both legal and equitable issues," their demand for a legal remedy meant they were entitled to a jury trial

Holding that the union did not breach its duty of fair representation in negotiating a deal which favored some members of the same bargaining unit over others

Holding that a union acting in its representative capacity owes a duty of fair representation to those on whose behalf it acts

Holding that "[t]he policy of the Act is to insulate employees' jobs from their organizational rights"

Holding that the NLRB "is not required to place the consequences of its own delay, even if inordinate, upon wronged employees to the benefit of wrongdoing employers."

Holding that the "but for" test applied in a "mixed motive" case under the National Labor Relations Act

Holding that duty of fair representation claim "accrued on the date on which performance was due"