Legal Opinion
Thomson v. Verizon Maryland, Inc.
District Court, D. Maryland
Decided May 3, 2001No. Civ. AMD 00-3109PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM
DAVIS, District Judge.
Plaintiff, Daniel L. Thomson (“Thomson”), was fired from his job with defendant Verizon Maryland, Inc. (“Verizon”), for misconduct. His union local attempted to save his job by prosecuting a grievance pursuant to the relevant collective bargaining agreement. When the grievance was unsuccessful, the union local declined to invoke binding arbitration, as is permitted by the collective bargaining agreement. Thomson appealed the union local’s decision not to seek binding arbitration to the international union, which sustained the local’s decision not to seek…
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