Legal Opinion
Labor Relations Division of Construction Industries of Massachusetts, Inc. v. Teamsters Local 379
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided August 17, 1998No. 97-2402PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TORRUELLA, Chief Judge.
Plaintiff, Teamsters Local 379 (“Teamsters” or the “Union”), filed grievances against eight Boston Harbor Project einploy-ers .on behalf of certain truck drivers on the project who own and drive their own trucks (the “owner-operators”) and are engaged in the transportation and removal of fill from the construction site. The Teamsters argued that those drivers were entitled to receive the various fringe benefit payments received by project employees. The subject of the present dispute is whether the owner-operators qualify as “independent contractors” or as “employees”…
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- United States v. SilkSupreme Court of the United States · 1947
- National Labor Relations Board v. United Insurance Co. of AmericaSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
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