Legal Opinion

Briggs & Stratton Corporation v. Local 232, International Union, Allied Industrial Workers of America (Afl-Cio)

Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit

Decided December 28, 1994No. 93-3868 & 94-1484PublishedCited by 27 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge.

Briggs & Stratton Corporation has a collective bargaining agreement with Local 232 of the Paperworkers Union. The workers promised that during its term they would not participate in “any concerted slow down, strike, work stoppage or other concerted interruptions of Company operations relative to any dispute amenable to the arbitration provisions of the labor agreement”. In August 1993 Briggs & Stratton reorganized its Large Engine Division. Local 232 and its parent international (collectively, “the union”) believed that the changes, which altered the way in which…

2Cases cited28 opinions

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