BROWN v. INTERNATIONAL UNION, UNITED AUTO., ETC.

No. 81-1296.

689 F.2d 69 (1982)

Leo BROWN, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. INTERNATIONAL UNION, UNITED AUTOMOBILE, AEROSPACE AND AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENT WORKERS OF AMERICA (UAW), Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided September 16, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Arthur M. Rude, James R. Seastrom (argued), Muskegon, Mich., for plaintiffs-appellants.

A. Robert Kleiner, Grand Rapids, Mich., M. Jay Whitman (argued), Detroit, Mich., for defendant-appellee.

Before KEITH and MERRITT, Circuit Judges, and PHILLIPS, Senior Circuit Judge.


PHILLIPS, Senior Circuit Judge.

This is a class action filed on behalf of former hourly employees of a bankrupt employer against an international labor union charging breach of duty of fair representation under a pre-ERISA pension fund agreement. The International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace and Agricultural Implement Workers of America (UAW) is accused of negligent failure to monitor payments required to be made by the employer into the employee's pension...

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