Legal Opinion
McPhetridge v. IBEW, Local Union No. 53
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided August 27, 2009No. 08-2803PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LOKEN, Chief Judge.
In June 2003, Local 53 of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (“IBEW”), based in Kansas City, charged IBEW members Gerald McPhetridge, Larry Stevens and Willie Choate (“Plaintiffs”) with having violated Article XXV, § 1(Q), of the IBEW Constitution by working for a non-union contractor, Hartman and Company, in Springfield, Missouri. When Plaintiffs failed to attend the scheduled hearing, Local 53’s Trial Board sustained the charges and fined each Plaintiff $5,000. Rather than appeal to the IBEW’s international vice president, as Article XXV expressly…
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