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SWATTS v. UNITED STEELWORKERS OF AMERICA

No. 85-2688.

808 F.2d 1221 (1986)

C. Thomas SWATTS, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. UNITED STEELWORKERS OF AMERICA, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided December 19, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Vernon J. Petri, Vernon J. Petri, P.C., Indianapolis, Ind., for plaintiffs-appellants.

David M. Silberman, AFL-CIO, Associate Gen. Counsel, Washington, D.C., for defendant-appellee.

Before CUDAHY and COFFEY, Circuit Judges, and FAIRCHILD, Senior Circuit Judge.

CUDAHY, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiffs are 59 former employees of Edgcomb Metals Company's ("Edgcomb") Indianapolis plant. In 1980 they accompanied their union, defendant United Steelworkers of America (the "Union"), in a strike against Edgcomb's seven plants. The strike was unsuccessful. Edgcomb hired replacement workers and forced the Union into concessions. Plaintiffs lost their jobs. After the strike plaintiffs filed suit against the Union, alleging, inter alia...

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