Pauley v. Ford Electronics and Refrigeration Corp.

ENTRY ON JURISDICTIONAL QUESTION

HAMILTON, District Judge.

This case raises a deceptively simple question. Where an employer recruits a new employee by overstating (whether intentionally or negligently) the wage rate the emr ployee will be paid, and where wages are controlled by a collective bargaining agreement governed by federal law, does the new employee have any ability to recover damages for the employer’s false promise of representation, concerning the wage rate? The parties have identified, and the court has found, surprisingly little authority on this question. However, for reasons…