Wood v. International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Local 406

OPINION

BENJAMIN F. GIBSON, District Judge.

This matter was originally filed in Kent County, Michigan, Circuit Court seeking damages and equitable relief against the defendants. The plaintiffs alleged that the duty of fair representation owed them by the union was breached during the events leading up to the transfer of certain property from Kroger to Hamady, that Kroger breached the collective bargaining agreement into which it had entered with the union, and that Hamady should be bound by the then-existing collective bargaining agreement pursuant to a successors and assigns clause in the…