Legal Opinion
Tessema v. United Steel, Paper & Forestry, Rubber, Manufacturing, Energy, Allied Industrial & Service Workers International Union
District Court, D. Nevada
Decided February 8, 2017No. Case No. 2:13-cv-01782-APG-VCFPublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANTS’ MOTIONS FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT
(ECF Nos. 108, 109, 113)
ANDREW P. GORDON, UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
Tadios Tessema brings this suit against his union and his former employer because he believes he was fired in violation of a collective bargaining agreement (“CBA”). Tessema drove taxis for the defendants and was a member of the defendant union. When his employer and union entered into a new CBA, Tessema and a number of other drivers were upset by its terms and decided to park their taxis and go on strike. But the CBA governing Tessema’s employment expressly stated that…
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