Curtis v. Schlegel Manufacturing Corp.

Order unanimously reversed, judgment vacated and complaint dismissed, without costs. Memorandum: Defendant appeals from an order in Monroe County Court affirming a judgment in Henrietta Justice Court awarding plaintiff, a former employee of defendant, $419 in back vacation pay plus costs. Plaintiff claims that when he left the employ of defendant he was entitled under the applicable collective bargaining agreement between defendant and the Textile Workers Union of America to 11 days’ vacation pay. Plaintiff followed the first three steps of the four-step grievance procedure set forth in the…