TORRINGTON CO. v. LOCAL UNION 590 OF INTERN. UNION

Nos. 84-2861, 85-1592.

803 F.2d 927 (1986)

The TORRINGTON COMPANY and Charles McNerney and Robert Ellis, in their capacity as members of the Board of Administration for the Supplemental Unemployment Benefit Plan, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. LOCAL UNION 590 OF the INTERNATIONAL UNION, UNITED AUTOMOBILE, AEROSPACE AND AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENT WORKERS OF AMERICA, and Thomas Paszek and Arthur Birk, in their capacity as members of the Administration for Supplemental Unemployment Benefit Plan, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided October 20, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John A. Fillion, UAW Legal Dept., Detroit, Mich., for defendants-appellants.

Roger W. Benko, Barnes & Thornburg, Elkhart, Ind., for plaintiffs-appellees.

Before FLAUM and RIPPLE, Circuit Judges, and FAIRCHILD, Senior Circuit Judge.


FAIRCHILD, Senior Circuit Judge.

The Torrington Company ("Torrington") brought suit against Local Union 590 of the International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace and Agricultural Implement Workers of America ("Union") to enjoin arbitration of "the contribution issue." The issue is whether Torrington was obligated to pay health insurance premiums for laid off workers only when its contributions under a specified formula provided a fund sufficient to pay them. The...

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