Legal Opinion
Certco, Inc. v. International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Local Union No. 695
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided July 17, 2013No. 12-3387, 12-3487PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EASTERBROOK, Chief Judge.
Ten years ago Certeo had one food-distribution warehouse in Madison, Wisconsin. Today it has four. As the labor force at the new warehouses grew, jobs at the original site on Verona Road dwindled. Certeo staffed the three new locations (Helgesen, Femrite, and Daniels) with non-union labor. It paid them more per hour than the union members received and offered a defined-contribution pension plan, saving money compared with the expensive defined-benefit plan that the Teamsters Union sponsors. Local 695 of the Teamsters Union, which represents Certco’s warehouse…
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