Feathers v. United Mine Workers of America

OPINION

SIMMONS, District Judge.

I. INTRODUCTION

This action was originally filed on July 23, 1976, as a class action by eleven West*927ern Pennsylvania coal haulers against the Defendants United Mine Workers of America [UMWA], District 2 of the United Mine Workers of America, and Local 1600 of the United Mine Workers of America [hereinafter collectively referred to as “Defendant” or “Defendant Union”]. The Plaintiffs sought to recover damages resulting from the Union’s attempts to force them to sign the 1974 National Bituminous Coal Wage Agreement [hereinafter referred to as the “NBCWA” or the…