Legal Opinion
Kenneth Abrams v. Communications Workers of America, an Unincorporated Labor Organization
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided July 21, 1995No. 93-7171, 93-7172PublishedCited by 41 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Separate opinion concurring in part and dissenting in part filed by Circuit Judge TATEL.
KAREN LeCRAFT HENDERSON, Circuit Judge:
The appellants are four telephone company employees (employees) represented by the Communications Workers of America (CWA or Union) in collective bargaining with their respective employers. They are not members of the Union and have objected to paying CWA a mandatory agency fee above the amount necessary to compensate it for the costs of representing them. The employees allege that the Union has breached its duty of fair representation by providing inadequate notice…
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