Madison v. George E. Fern Co.

Rick Madison, a representative of the Stage Employees Local 17 of the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees & Motion Picture Operators of the United States and Canada (the “Union”), appeals the district court’s grant of the George E. Fern Company’s (“Fern”) motion for summary judgment in this case brought by the Union against Fern for breach of an existing Collective Bargaining Agreement (“CBA”) to which they are both parties. The Union alleges that Fern hired a ninth senior employee, John Habenstein, in violation of the CBA, without providing the Union with “sufficient notice”…