Missouri Portland Cement Co. v. United Cement, Lime, Gypsum & Allied Workers International Union

PRESIDING JUSTICE KARNS

delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendants appeal from the order of the circuit court of Massac County dismissing their counterclaim and counterclaim-third-party complaint against plaintiff, Missouri Portland Cement Company, on the ground the court did not have jurisdiction of the subject matter of the action. We affirm.

Prior to April 30, 1984, plaintiff’s employees at the Joppa, Illinois, facility, represented by Local 438D of the United Cement, Gypsum and Allied Workers International Union, Division of Boilermakers, AFL-CIO, worked under a collective-bargaining…