Messer v. Vorhies

MEMORANDUM

GUNN, District Judge.

On September 9, 1985 defendant William Vorhies notified plaintiff Kerry Messer that Messer was being terminated from his employment with defendant Pillsbury Company (Pillsbury) as a consequence of his failure to report to work September 4-6, 1985. Plaintiff immediately filed a grievance with his union, defendant American Federation of Grain Millers Local No. 108 (Local No. 108), protesting his dismissal as without cause and in violation of the collective bargaining agreement then in force between Pillsbury and AFGM. A Labor Relations Committee comprised of union…