Aguinaga v. United Food & Commercial Workers International Union

OPINION AND ORDER

THEIS, District Judge.

I. INTRODUCTION

Following an eight week trial on the issue of liability in this hybrid breach of contract/breach of duty of fair representation case brought pursuant to section 301 of the Labor Management Relations Act of 1947, 29 U.S.C. § 185, the jury returned a verdict in favor of the plaintiff class. Specifically, the jury found that the plaintiffs’ former employer, defendant John Morrell and Company (Morrell), which has settled with the plaintiffs and was not involved in the trial, breached two provisions of the collective bargaining agreement in…