Legal Opinion
Hiram Alicea v. Suffield Poultry, Inc., D/B/A Royal Harvest Foods
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided April 25, 1990No. 89-1521PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
COFFIN, Senior Circuit Judge.
Thirteen past and present employees of a Massachusetts chicken processing company claim that their union breached its duty of fair representation when the union’s business agent misrepresented the consequences of an unauthorized work stoppage, inducing them to strike and causing their discharge. The district court granted summary judgment for the union, finding that the business agent’s alleged conduct did not rise to the level of a fair representation violation. 711 F.Supp. 48. After a careful review of the record and the caselaw, we affirm in part, reverse in…
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