Baskin v. Tennessee Valley Authority

FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW

MORTON, District Judge.

This action was filed on April 12, 1974, by 43 named plaintiffs, on behalf of themselves and others similarly situated, who were fired from their jobs at the Tennessee Valley Authority’s (TVA) Cumberland Steam Plant in November and December of 1971, because of a work stoppage which occurred on October 21, 1971. The complaint was later amended to add 22 additional plaintiffs. The essence of plaintiffs’ claim is that TVA’s action in terminating them because of their participation in the work stoppage was arbitrary, capricious, and an…