ARRIAGA-ZAYAS v. INTERN. LADIES' GARMENT WORKERS

No. 87-1327.

835 F.2d 11 (1987)

Norma ARRIAGA-ZAYAS, et al., Plaintiffs, Appellants, v. INTERNATIONAL LADIES' GARMENT WORKERS' UNION — PUERTO RICO COUNCIL, etc., et al., Defendants, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided December 10, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eugenio G. Delamadrid-Gautier, with whom Pedro Saade-Llorens, Puerto Rico Legal Services Corp., was on brief, for plaintiffs, appellants.

Carl Schuster with whom McConnell Valdes Kelley Sifre Griggs & Ruiz-Suria, Hato Rey, P.R., was on brief, for defendant, appellee Splendorform International, Inc.

Seth Kupferberg with whom Max Zimny, New York City, was on brief, for defendant, appellee Intern. Ladies' Garment Workers' Union.

Before COFFIN, BOWNES and SELYA, Circuit Judges.


SELYA, Circuit Judge.

In plaintiffs' judgment, Splendorform International, Inc. (Splendorform), a lingerie manufacturer, made a slip when it laid off some ninety sewing machine operators incident to a reorganization in 1984. At a much later date, thirty-eight of these disaffected former employees brought suit against both their union, the International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union-Puerto Rico Council (ILGWU), and their quondam employer, Splendorform, in federal...

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