Teamsters National Freight Industry Negotiating Committee Ex Rel. Howe v. Churchill Truck Lines, Inc.

ORDER

STEVENS, District Judge.

This is a class action brought by the named plaintiffs on behalf of all Teamster represented employees of Churchill Truck Lines, Inc. (“CTL”) employed at facilities or terminals with more than fifty employees at the time of CTL’s closure on April 11, 1994. 1 Plaintiffs claim that CTL closed without giving them sixty days notice, as required by the WARN Act, 29 U.S.C. § 2102(a). Plaintiffs contend that defendant preplanned the closing, using the strike as a pretext for closing to evade the notice requirements of the WARN Act and its obligations under a collective…