General Electric Co. v. International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace & Agricultural Implement Workers

FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW

SPIEGEL, District Judge:

Plaintiff General Electric Company brought this action for damages pursuant to § 301 of the Labor Management Relations Act, 29 U.S.C. § 185. Plaintiff alleges that defendant Local 647 authorized an illegal strike March 23, 1982 at plaintiff’s factory at Evendale, Ohio. In particular, plaintiff asserts that the cause of the strike was the Blanton incident which involved the alleged choking of a union member by a foreman, an incident which at the time of the strike had not been subject to the complete grievance process. Local 647…