International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace & Agricultural Implement Workers v. Ring Screw Works

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

FEIKENS, District Judge.

Plaintiffs are a labor union and its local (collectively, “the UAW”). Defendant (“Ring Screw”) employs UAW members (“employees”). The UAW seeks damages on behalf of employees who were made to choose between contributing to their nonunion-negotiated health maintenance organization (“HMO”) insurance plans, previously provided by Ring Screw at no cost, and reverting to a free, union-negotiated plan that does not cover pre-existing conditions. The UAW alleges that Ring Screw breached the Collective Bargaining Agreement (“CBA”), which allegedly…