Legal Opinion
Production and Maintenance Employees' Local 504, Laborers' International Union of North America, Afl-Cio v. Roadmaster Corporation
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided November 14, 1990No. 89-3413PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge.
As the end of its collective bargaining agreement approached, Roadmaster Corporation notified three unions that it would not extend the contract. It sent this letter because the agreement contained a provision automatically renewing all terms from year to year in the absence of 60 days’ written notice. Roadmaster had just weathered a strike and hired more than 500 permanent replacements. It believed that none of the three unions claiming to represent the workers had support among its current employees, and refused to negotiate with them. One of these, Local 504 of…
2Cases cited13 opinions
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- Morton M. Hill, Jr. v. Norfolk and Western Railway CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1987
- Mars Steel Corp. v. Continental Bank N.A.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1989
- National Labor Relations Board v. Curtin Matheson Scientific, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1990
- Ethyl Corporation v. United Steelworkers of America, Afl-Cio-Clc and Local No. 7441, United Steelworkers of America, Afl-Cio-ClcCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1985
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