National Post Office Mail Handlers Local No. 305 v. United States Postal Service

WINTER, Circuit Judge:

Plaintiff, National Post Office Handlers Local No. 305, Laborers’ International Union of North America, AFL — CIO (hereafter “local union”), sued the United States Postal Service (Postal Service) and others1 to enforce a number of grievance settlements reached with the Postal Service Sectional Center at Rocky Mount, North Carolina, and to recovery compensatory and punitive damages for the Service’s failure to implement the settlements. The district court dismissed the complaint on the grounds that the local union lacked standing to sue and that it had failed to exhaust…