Carbon Fuel Co. v. Mine Workers

Carbon Fuel Co. v. Mine Workers
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided December 10, 1979
Full case nameCarbon Fuel Co. v. Mine Workers
Citations444 U.S. 212 (more)
Holding
National unions are not liable for the actions of local union members who engage in wildcat strikes unless they provoke the strikes.
Court membership
Chief Justice
Warren E. Burger
Associate Justices
William J. Brennan Jr. · Potter Stewart
Byron White · Thurgood Marshall
Harry Blackmun · Lewis F. Powell Jr.
William Rehnquist · John P. Stevens
Case opinion
MajorityBrennan, joined by unanimous

Carbon Fuel Co. v. Mine Workers, 444 U.S. 212 (1979), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the court held that national labor unions are not liable for the actions of local union members who engage in wildcat strikes unless they provoke the strikes.[1][2]

References

  1. ↑ Carbon Fuel Co. v. Mine Workers, 444 U.S. 212 (1979).
  2. ↑ Taylor, Benjamin J.; Witney, Fred (1987). Labor Relations Law. p. 437.
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