Legal Opinion
Achilli v. John J. Nissen Baking Co.
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided March 29, 1993No. 92-1167, 92-1221, 92-1407 and 92-1408PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BREYER, Chief Judge.
On April 4, 1988, John Achilli, a union shop steward and a bakery sales driver at the John J. Nissen Baking Company, told other drivers not to load extra boxes of cream horns (a kind of eclair) that Nissen wanted them to transport. Nissen immediately dismissed Achilli for having violated an anti-wildcat provision in the collective bargaining agreement. Achilli went to arbitration, lost, and then brought this lawsuit against his Local Union (as well as Nissen), claiming that the Local had not represented him properly. See Labor Management Relations Act (“LMRA”) §§ 9(a),…
2Cases cited18 opinions
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