Albert v. Davenport Osteopathic Hospital

HARRIS, Presiding Justice.

Plaintiff Albert, formerly a hospital union employee with job tenure under a collective bargaining agreement, was promoted to a nonunion supervisory position. When he was later fired as a part of a staff reduction he brought this wrongful discharge action. The trial court found the employment was terminable at will and entered judgment for the employer. We agree. So doing we vacate a contrary holding of the court of appeals.

Albert worked in the hospital maintenance department. From 1966 until 1979 he was protected under a union contract which provided he could be…