GETZ v. COMMUNICATIONS WORKERS OF AMERICA

Nos. 79-1252, 79-1265.

608 F.2d 301 (1979)

Bernard J. GETZ, Appellant/Cross-Appellee, v. COMMUNICATIONS WORKERS OF AMERICA et al., Appellee/Cross-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided October 23, 1979.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied November 14, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kenneth V. Byrne, Schlueter & Byrne, St. Louis, Mo., for Bernard J. Getz.

Sheldon Weinhaus, Levin & Weinhaus, St. Louis, Mo., for Communications Workers of America.

James A. Daugherty, Southwestern Bell Tel. Co., St. Louis, Mo., for appellee/cross-appellant Southwestern Bell.

Before ROSS and STEPHENSON, Circuit Judges, and McMANUS, District Judge.


Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied November 14, 1979.

PER CURIAM.

Bernard Getz initiated these actions to challenge his discharge from employment with Southwestern Bell Telephone Company. The discharge followed a dispute over the plaintiff's refusal to pay dues equivalences to the local chapter of the Communications Workers of America under a modified agency shop provision of his employment contract with Southwestern Bell. The lawsuits specifically charged...

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