Legal Opinion

Geddes v. Chrysler Corp.

Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit

Decided October 30, 1979No. 77-1251PublishedCited by 25 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

PECK, Senior Circuit Judge.

Appellants are a group of salaried technical and engineering employees of Chrysler Corporation who were organized by the UAW in 1968. Apparently they were rather a select group; at the time they were organized, they were receiving higher salaries and more fringe benefits than other personnel doing similar work. During the organizational campaign, the union made promises, orally and in writing, that their collective bargaining agreement would include a provision that any changes in their status respecting these special benefits could not be imposed unilaterally by…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Vaca v. SipesSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
  2. National Labor Relations Board v. Industrial Union of Marine & Shipbuilding Workers of AmericaSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
  3. Brady v. Trans World Airlines, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1968
  4. Robert Willetts v. Ford Motor Company and United Auto Workers of America, Local 898Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1978
  5. Jennie Bsharah v. Eltra Corporation and International Union, UawCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1968

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3Cited by25 opinions

  1. Clayton v. International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace, & Agricultural Implement WorkersSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
  2. United Slate, Tile and Composition Roofers, Damp and Waterproof Workers Association, Local 307 v. G & M Roofing and Sheet Metal Company, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1984
  3. Marion Terwilliger and Doris Terwilliger v. Greyhound Lines, Inc., a Foreign Corporation, and James Shelby, Jointly and Severally, M.J. JorgensenCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1989
  4. Carl Johnson v. General Motors, a Delaware Corp., International Union, United Autoworkers (Uaw) Local Union 424, Jointly and SeverallyCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1981
  5. United Transportation Union, Local 74 v. Consolidated Rail Corp., United Transportation UnionCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1989

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