November 23, 2012
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A district court judge has ordered the
International Longshore and Warehouse Union to stop processing
grievances and filing lawsuits regarding its dispute with the
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers over the work of
plugging in, unplugging and monitoring refrigerated shipping containers
at the Port of Portland.
Both unions claim the work, citing
various contracts and collective bargaining agreements. In August 2012,
the National Labor Relations Board issued a decision concluding
that the employees represented by the IBEW are entitled to the work.
Despite that ruling, the ILWU and two of its locals have continued to
file and process grievances against carriers at the port, seeking lost
wages for work assigned to the IBEW. The ILWU also filed a claim against
the IBEW in federal court under the Labor-Management Relations Act.
In granting the petition for injunctive
relief from the NLRB's Regional Office in Seattle late Wednesday, U.S.
District Judge Michael H. Simon found that, by filing grievances and
seeking enforcement of subsequent awards despite the Board's decision,
the ILWU had the unlawful secondary object of pressuring shipping
carriers to cease doing business with the Port of Portland. He enjoined
the union from filing, processing, maintaining, prosecuting, or
threatening grievances or new lawsuits in the matter.
For More Information Contact us at
http://www.beverlyhillsemploymentlaw.com/
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