Renfro v. Interstate Brands Corp.

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

ROGERS, District Judge.

In this action, plaintiff alleges that her termination from employment with defendant Interstate Brands Corporation (“Interstate”) breached the terms of its collective bargaining agreement with defendant Local 218 of the Bakery, Confectionery and Tobacco Workers International Union (“Local 218”). Plaintiff further alleges that the defendant union breached its duty of fair representation by failing to bring a grievance concerning plaintiffs termination. Thus, plaintiffs claim may be properly characterized as a hybrid § 301/duty of fair representation…