Legal Opinion
Acosta v. Local Union 26, Unite Here
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided July 11, 2018No. 17-1666PPublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SOUTER, Associate Justice.
In this suit brought against defendant Local Union 26, UNITE HERE, the Secretary of Labor claims that the union violated § 104 of the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959 (the "LMRDA") when it refused to allow one of its members to take notes while inspecting its collective bargaining agreements ("CBAs") with other employers. The district court held that the member's statutory right to "inspect" the agreements did not encompass a right to take notes while doing so. We affirm.
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