Legal Opinion
The Independent Oil and Chemical Workers of Quincy, Inc. v. The Procter & Gamble Manufacturing Company
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided December 28, 1988No. 88-2012PublishedCited by 217 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SELYA, Circuit Judge.
A labor union, the Independent Oil and Chemical Workers of Quincy, Inc. (IOCW), sued for injunctive relief in the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts, seeking to preserve extant working conditions. The union complained that the employer, Procter & Gamble Manufacturing Co. (P & G), was on the verge of implementing changes in rules governing work shifts, safety, and employee dress in its Quincy facility. These incipient changes, the IOCW charged, would cause hardship to its members, irremediable even under the arbitration scheme provided by the…
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