Legal Opinion
National Postal Mail Handlers Union v. United States Postal Service
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided September 12, 2014No. Civil Action No. 2013-1577PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
CHRISTOPHER R. COOPER, United States District Judge
Local 308 of the National Postal Mail Handlers Union missed a deadline to appeal a grievance against the United States Postal Service. The union argued before an arbitrator that the Postal Service waived its objection to the late filing by failing to raise the issue during the grievance process. The arbitrator excused the Postal Service’s failure, finding that the union’s own actions resulted in the Postal Service not being aware of the appeal’s tardiness, and concluded the grievance was not arbitrable. The union seeks to vacate the…
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- Major League Baseball Players Assn. v. GarveySupreme Court of the United States · 2001
- National Postal Mail Handlers Union v. American Postal Workers UnionCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 2009
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