Bandelier v. Local 782, Retail Store Employees Union

OPINION AND ORDER

ELMO ‘B. HUNTER, Senior District Judge.

This cause pends on the joint motions of defendants to dismiss plaintiff’s claims as time-barred by the statute of limitations. Plaintiff alleges a cause of action under section 301 of the Labor Management Relations Act, 29 U.S.C. § 185. He claims that his employer breached the collective bargaining agreement on several occasions in its treatment of him and that his union violated its duty of fair representation in failing to properly process his grievances concerning these actions.

At the Court’s request, the parties briefed the question…