Mims v. American Federation of Government Employees

HOUSTON, Justice.

This case arises from a dispute between Billie Mims, an employee of the Veterans Administration, and his union, the American Federation of Government Employees (the “AFGE”), concerning the AFGE’s alleged failure to properly deal with Mims’s grievances with his federal government employer. The trial court dismissed Mims’s claim against the AFGE on the basis that our state courts lacked subject-matter jurisdiction over such a lawsuit. We affirm.

The operative facts of this case are without dispute. Mr. Mims, a temporary em: ployee at the Veterans’ Administration Hospital in…