Yoonessi v. State

Order *999unanimously affirmed without costs. Memorandum: Claimant commenced this action against defendant, his former employer, alleging that defendant breached the collective bargaining agreement between defendant and claimant’s union, the United University Professions (UUP). The Court of Claims properly granted defendant’s motion for summary judgment dismissing the claim. It is well settled that, “when an employer and a union enter into a collective bargaining agreement that creates a grievance procedure, an employee subject to the agreement may not sue the employer directly for breach of that…