Legal Opinion
American Federation of Grain Millers v. International Multifoods Corp.
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided June 23, 1997No. 1096, Docket 96-7948PublishedCited by 86 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MESKILL, Circuit Judge:
For many years, the International Multi-foods Corp. (Multifoods) paid the entire premium required to provide medical insurance to its retirees. However, in 1992 Multifoods announced that in the future, if premiums increased at a rate faster than an inflationary measure selected by Multifoods, the retirees would have to pay the difference to maintain medical insurance.
The American Federation of Grain Millers (AFGM), several of AFGM’s local unions and fifteen named retirees1 sued Multifoods under the Labor-Management Relations Act (LMRA) § 301, 29 U.S.C. § 185, alleging…
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