Legal Opinion
C. Thomas Swatts v. United Steelworkers of America
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided December 19, 1986No. 85-2688PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CUDAHY, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiffs are 59 former employees of Edgcomb Metals Company’s (“Edgcomb”) Indianapolis plant. In 1980 they accompanied their union, defendant United Steelworkers of America (the “Union”), in a strike against Edgcomb’s seven plants. The strike was unsuccessful. Edgcomb hired replacement workers and forced the Union into concessions. Plaintiffs lost their jobs. After the strike plaintiffs filed suit against the Union, alleging, inter alia, that the Union had breached its duty of fair representation by misrepresenting whether plaintiffs could lose their jobs by striking…
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