Legal Opinion
Kelly Merk v. Jewel Companies, Inc., and United Food and Commercial Workers International Union, Afl-Cio, Local 881
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided June 27, 1988No. 86-2723PublishedCited by 49 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge.
Jewel Companies, which operates a chain of supermarkets, reached a collective bargaining agreement with Local 881 of the United Food and Commercial Workers Union in September 1982. The agreement ran until June 1985. In December 1983 Jewel asked the Union to agree to a reduction in wages and benefits notwithstanding the agreement. The Union refused. Jewel declared in February 1984 that an “impasse” had been reached and put its most recent proposal into effect. The result was a reduction of up to $1.25 per hour for about 18,000 employees.
Jewel claimed that it was…
2Cases cited18 opinions
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- Humphrey v. MooreSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
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