Legal Opinion
Norma Arriaga-Zayas v. International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union--Puerto Rico Council, Etc.
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided December 10, 1987No. 87-1327PublishedCited by 39 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SELYA, Circuit Judge.
In plaintiffs’ judgment, Splendorform International, Inc. (Splendorform), a lingerie manufacturer, made a slip when it laid off some ninety sewing machine operators incident to a reorganization in 1984. At a much later date, thirty-eight of these disaffected former employees brought suit against both their union, the International Ladies’ Garment Workers’ Union-Puerto Rico Council (ILGWU), and their quondam employer, Splendorform, in federal district court. The action comprised a classic hybrid § 301/unfair representation amalgam; the combination claim asserted that, on…
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