RED STAR EXP. v. INTERN. BROTH. OF TEAMSTERS

Nos. 86-1378, 86-1466.

809 F.2d 103 (1987)

RED STAR EXPRESS LINES, Plaintiff, Appellee, v. INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF TEAMSTERS, LOCAL 170, Defendant, Appellant. RED STAR EXPRESS LINES, Plaintiff, Appellant, v. INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF TEAMSTERS, LOCAL 170, Defendant, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided January 12, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas Flynn with whom Sheehan & Perkins, Somerville, Mass., was on brief for International Broth. of Teamsters, Local 170.

Joseph E. Rendini with whom Kingston & Associates, Boston, Mass., was on brief for Red Star Exp. Lines.

Before COFFIN, Circuit Judge, BROWN, Senior Circuit Judge, and BREYER, Circuit Judge.


BREYER, Circuit Judge.

On August 1 and 2, 1983, Local 170 of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters went on strike against Red Star Express Lines in protest against what it saw as Red Star's improper withholding from a union member of an arbitrator's award of back pay. The basic legal question here is whether that strike fell within an exception to a "no-strike" clause in the relevant labor contract. The "no-strike" clause says:

The Union and the Employers...

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