Oliva v. Wine, Liquor & Distillery Workers Union, Local One

SAND, District Judge.

Background

This action arises out of an employment dispute among the plaintiff (“Oliva”), the labor union of which he was a member at all times relevant hereto (“Local One”), and Oliva’s former employer, a wholesale liquor distributor (“Capitol”). In March 1985, defendant Capitol advised Oliva that his employment had been terminated because of Oliva’s “misappropriation of the employer’s merchandise.” See Exhibit F of Affidavit of Sidney Michael. Subsequently, at Oliva’s request, defendant Local One, the collective bargaining agent for Capitol’s employees, exercised its…