Legal Opinion
Local 461 & District III of the International Union of Electrical, Radio & MacHine Workers v. Singer Co.
District Court, D. New Jersey
Decided July 8, 1982No. Civ. A. 82-940PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
STERN, District Judge.
The Singer Company has announced its intention to close its sewing machine manufacturing facility in Elizabeth, New Jersey by the end of 1982. The company’s employees now sue to compel Singer to keep the plant open. Plaintiffs contend that in exchange for millions of dollars in union “give-backs,” the company agreed to keep the Elizabeth facility open for the length of the agreement by investing $2 million to restructure the plant and by using best efforts to keep the plant open, at least in part by securing defense contract work to supplement the manufacture of…
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