Serrano v. Jones & Laughlin Steel Co.

LIVELY, Chief Judge.

The principal question presented by this appeal is whether the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB or Board) has exclusive jurisdiction over a dispute between individual employees and their employer arising out of an agreement between the employer and the employees’ union. The agreement provided for concessions by the employees if the employer should decide to modernize an old facility. The district court held that three causes of action pled by the plaintiffs, claiming fraud by the employer, were preempted by federal labor law, and dismissed them. The court further held,…