Rebecca Groves v. Communication Workers of America

Affirmed by published opinion. Judge DIAZ wrote the opinion, in which Judge KEENAN and Judge WYNN joined.

DIAZ, Circuit Judge:

Section 301 of the Labor Management Relations Act, 29 U.S.C. § 185, allows litigants to bring “[sjuits for violation of contracts between an employer and a labor organization” in federal district court. Usually, an employee who wants to sue his employer for a violation of a collective bargaining agreement must first exhaust the contractual remedies in that agreement. Republic Steel Corp. v. Maddox, 379 U.S. 650, 652-53, 85 S.Ct. 614, 13 L.Ed.2d 580 (1965). “The…