Legal Opinion
Frank Ackley and Steven Cole v. Western Conference of Teamsters
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided February 21, 1992No. 90-55438, 90-55702PublishedCited by 62 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
REINHARDT, Circuit Judge:
The primary question presented by this case is whether the equal rights and freedom of speech guarantees of section 101(a) of the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act (LMRDA), 29 U.S.C. § 411(a) (1988), require union leaders to make a full disclosure of all of the terms and provisions of a collective bargaining agreement prior to submitting the agreement to the union membership for ratification. We hold that they do not. There is no provision in the LMRDA that requires that a labor contract be submitted to the membership for ratification. Rather, the question…
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