Mallack v. Local 805, International Brotherhood of Teamsters

OPINION & ORDER

LEISURE, District Judge:

This case involves claims of several laid-off employees of Panasonic Company, a division of Matsushita Electric Corporation of America (“the Employer” or “Panasonic”) who worked in the consumer parts and service department of Panasonic’s Secaucus, New Jersey facility. Plaintiffs have sued their representative union, Local 805, International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Chauffeurs, Warehousemen and Helpers of America (“Local 805” or “the Union”) under sections 101(a)(1) and (2) of the Labor Management Reporting and Disclosure Act, (LMRDA), 29 U.S.C. §…