Legal Opinion
Rosemary Garity v. Apwu National Labor Org.
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided July 5, 2016No. 13-15195PublishedCited by 310 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
BYBEE, Circuit Judge:
Rosemary Garity, a clerk at the United States Postal Service office in Pahrump, Nevada, suffers from a litany of physical and emotional disabilities. Despite her willingness to perform her job duties, Garity repeatedly complained to her representatives at the American Postal Workers Union, AFL-CIO (“APWU”) that postal service management refused to accommodate her disabilities. Garity alleges that APWU, rather than filing and processing her grievances, sided with management, discriminating and retaliating against her because of her disabilities.
Garity brought two…
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