Nevada Service Employees Union/SEIU Local 1107 v. Orr

OPINION

In this appeal, we consider whether an employer and a union can be held liable for willfully interfering with an employee’s rights under a collective bargaining agreement when through inaction they failed to provide the employee with a pre-termination hearing on her request. We affirm the district court’s decision and conclude that such inaction amounted to willful interference with the employee’s attempt to exercise her rights under the collective bargaining agreement.

FACTS

Iris Orr was employed as an X-ray technician by University Medical Center (UMC), a local government employer in…