Caterpillar Inc. v. Herman

EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge.

During an acrimonious strike at Caterpillar’s plant in Aurora, Illinois, Local 145 of the United Auto Workers asked for copies of Caterpillar’s injury logs. These contain names and badge numbers of workers who crossed the picket lines, and Caterpillar feared that members of the Union might use this knowledge to harass or injure the strikebreakers. It furnished redacted versions of the logs, blacking out the employees’ names and numbers. Chicago Tribune Co. v. NLRB, 79 F.3d 604 (7th Cir.1996), holds that if the Union had made the request under the National Labor…