Ward v. Alside, Inc.

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

ANN ALDRICH, District Judge.

Pending before the Court are defendants’ Motions for Summary Judgment. Defendant United Steelworkers of America, Local Union No. 5144 (hereinafter the “Union”), and defendant employer Alside, Inc. (hereinafter “Alside”), seek the retroactive application of United Parcel Service v. Mitchell, 451 U.S. 56, 101 S.Ct. 1559, 67 L.Ed.2d 732 (1981), and Badon v. General Motors Corp., 679 F.2d 93 (6th Cir.1982) to the instant case. Both motions are granted.

This Court has jurisdiction pursuant to the Labor Management Relations Act of 1947, § 301, 29…