Groves v. Ring Screw Works

WELLFORD, Circuit Judge.

We are concerned with two cases, consolidated on appeal, in which the district courts dismissed employee claims under § 301 of the Labor Relations Management Act holding that the collective bargaining agreement (CBA) provided that a strike or other job action was the exclusive means of grievance resolution. The applicable CBAs provided that the parties were bound if an agreement was reached at some stage of the prescribed process. If the grievance procedure failed to resolve the grievance, the union might strike, but exhaustion of the contract procedure was required…