KAISER v. U.S. POSTAL SERVICE

No. 89-1897.

908 F.2d 47 (1990)

Allen C. KAISER, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE and the National Rural Letter Carriers Association, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided July 10, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bruce B. Elfvin, Barbara Kaye Besser (argued), Elfvin & Associates, Cleveland, Ohio, for plaintiff-appellant.

Peter A. Caplan, Asst. U.S. Atty., Detroit, Mich., Anthony W. DuComb (argued), Office of Labor Law, U.S. Postal Service, Washington, D.C., for U.S. Postal Service.

Michael Kimber, Levin, Levin, Garvett & Dill, Southfield, Mich., William B. Peer, Washington, D.C., for Nat. Rural Letter Carriers Ass'n.

Before KENNEDY and RYAN, Circuit Judges, and EDWARDS, Senior Circuit Judge.


KENNEDY, Circuit Judge.

Appellant, a postal worker, was treated as a new hire when he sought reassignment from an urban letter-carrier route to a rural route. He claims his wages were wrongfully reduced when he was transferred to the rural route. Appellant sued his union, the National Rural Letter Carriers Association (NRLCA), under 39 U.S.C. § 1208(b), alleging that it breached its duty of fair representation. He also sued the United States Postal Service, claiming...

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