Legal Opinion
Service Employees International Union, Afl-Cio, Clc v. Local 1199 N.E., Seiu, Afl-Cio, Clc
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided November 21, 1995No. 95-1471PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LYNCH, Circuit Judge.
The attempted dissolution of timeless vows of fidelity between two labor organizations gave rise to this litigation. An extremely unhappy relationship between a local union and its International led the Local to stop paying its monthly per capita taxes to the International. That in turn led the International to sue the Local in federal court in Massachusetts to collect those taxes. When the Local replied that it had no obligation to pay the taxes, the International claimed arbitration. The court ordered arbitration; the arbitrator ordered the payment of the taxes and late…
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