Diamond v. United Food & Commercial Workers Union Local 881

Plaintiffs, Mitchell Diamond and Amy M. Weltlich, represent a class of plaintiffs who are or were members of defendant, United Food and Commercial Workers Union Local 881 (the local). In the present action, plaintiffs allege that defendant imposed a temporary special dues assessment on its members in a manner that contravened defendant’s bylaws. Following a bench trial in the circuit court of Du Page County, judgment was entered in defendant’s favor. Plaintiffs now appeal.

In the action below, defendant asserted a number of affirmative defenses and filed a counterclaim seeking a declaratory…