MERK v. JEWEL COMPANIES, INC.

No. 86-2723.

848 F.2d 761 (1988)

Kelly MERK, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. JEWEL COMPANIES, INC., Defendant-Appellant, and United Food and Commercial Workers International Union, AFL-CIO, Local 881, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided May 31, 1988.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied June 27, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Terrill E. Pierce, Kovar Nelson & Brittain, Chicago, Ill., for defendant-appellant.

Neal D. Rosenfeld, Karmel & Rosenfeld, Chicago, Ill., William J. Cremer, Tressler, Soderstrom Maloney & Priess, Wheaton, Ill., for plaintiffs-appellees.

Before FLAUM, EASTERBROOK, and MANION, Circuit Judges.


Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied June 27, 1988.

EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge.

Jewel Companies, which operates a chain of supermarkets, reached a collective bargaining agreement with Local 881 of the United Food and Commercial Workers Union in September 1982. The agreement ran until June 1985. In December 1983 Jewel asked the Union to agree to a reduction in wages and benefits notwithstanding the agreement. The Union refused. Jewel declared in February...

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