Paul J. Baker v. Newspaper and Graphic Communications Union, Local 6

MIKVA, Circuit Judge:

Five pressmen at the Washington Star were unhappy with the results of a collective bargaining agreement negotiated by their union with the newspaper. They brought this suit in the district court on a variety of claims against the newspaper company, the local union and the international union. The court below granted summary judgment for the defendants, concluding that there was no actionable contract violation, and no breach of federal labor law, either as to the unions’ duty to render fair representation in collective bargaining or as to the plaintiffs’ right to free…