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HAVAS v. COMMUNICATIONS WKRS. OF AMERICA (C.W.A.)

No. 75-CV-268.

454 F.Supp. 305 (1978)

Stephen R. HAVAS, Sue Havas, George Albeck, Stanley Borek, Melvin J. Brink, William H. Cator, Kenneth L. Collins, Donald R. Drake, Elizabeth Emrich, William F. Foote, Edward S. Fulmer, Jr., David P. Gibson, Theodore F. Jamba, J. T. LaBalbo, Lorraine E. Mercier, Clayton E. Mitchell, Paul Muscarnera and Norma W. Paquin, Plaintiffs, v. COMMUNICATIONS WORKERS OF AMERICA (C.W.A.), an unincorporated labor organization, C.W.A. District I, C.W.A. Committee on Political Education, Local 1101 of C.W.A., Local 1111 of C.W.A., Local 1123 of C.W.A., Local 1124 of C.W.A., Local 1126 of C.W.A., Local 1127 of C.W.A., Local 1128 of C.W.A., American Federation of Labor-Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO), a federation of national and international labor organizations, AFL-CIO New York State Central Body, AFL-CIO Committee on Political Education and New York Telephone Company, a corporation, Defendants.

United States District Court, N. D. New York.

July 10, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

National Right To Work Legal Defense Foundation, Inc., Fairfax, Va., for plaintiffs; Hugh L. Reilly, Fairfax, Va., John E. Shaffer, Syracuse, N. Y., of counsel.

Thomas P. McMahon, Buffalo, N. Y., for defendants AFL-CIO, AFL-CIO New York State Central Body and AFL-CIO COPE.

Lipsitz, Green, Fahringer, Roll, Schuller & James, Buffalo, N. Y., for defendants C.W.A., C.W.A. District I, C.W.A.-COPE and C.W.A. Locals 1101, 1111, 1123, 1124, 1126, 1127 and 1128; Richard Lipsitz, Buffalo, N. Y., Charles V. Koons, Kane & Koons, Washington, D. C., of counsel.

Michael Hertzberg, New York City, for defendant New York Tel. Co.

MEMORANDUM-DECISION AND ORDER

MUNSON, District Judge.

This is an action for declaratory and injunctive relief in which plaintiffs, employees of defendant New York Telephone Company, challenge the use by various defendant labor organizations, of plaintiffs' agency fees for purposes unrelated to collective bargaining or the handling of employee grievances. Jurisdiction is alleged under section 301 of the National Labor Relations Act, 29 U.S.C. § 185,...

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