Local Lodge No. 1426, International Ass'n of MacHinists & Aerospace Workers v. Wilson Trailer Co. of Sioux City

McCORMICK, Justice.

This is an appeal by an employer from a decree in an equity case holding that an employee was wrongfully discharged and was entitled to reinstatement and back pay. We reverse the trial court because we find that the employee is bound by a notice he gave the employer that he was quitting.

Two principal questions are presented. The first is whether the employer’s final answer under grievance procedures barred judicial relief. The second is whether the employee had a right to withdraw his quit notice before its effective date when the employer had already awarded the job to…