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LOCAL 461 & DIST. III, ETC. v. SINGER CO.

Civ. A. No. 82-940.

540 F.Supp. 442 (1982)

LOCAL 461 AND DISTRICT III OF the INTERNATIONAL UNION OF ELECTRICAL, RADIO AND MACHINE WORKERS, AFL-CIO, and Joseph DiBella, Thomas Murray, Francis Gibbons, Mel Blumenthal, George McLaughlin, Joseph DiBernardino and Joseph Krasinski, in their individual and representative capacities on behalf of all similarly situated Singer Workers, and Honorable Raymond Lesniak, in his capacity as Assemblyman representing the 20th Assembly District in the New Jersey General Assembly, Plaintiffs, v. The SINGER COMPANY, Defendant.

United States District Court, D. New Jersey.

Ordered July 8, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Weiner, Staubach, Edelson & Hopmayer by Lester Weiner, Roselle Park, N. J., and Lewis, Greenwald & Kennedy, P. C. by Everett E. Lewis, and Thomas Kennedy, New York City, for plaintiffs.

Greenberg, Dauber & Epstein by Edward J. Dauber, Newark, N. J., and Jackson, Lewis, Schnitzler & Krupman by Gregory I. Rasin, and Robert Lewis, New York City, for defendant.

OPINION

STERN, District Judge.

The Singer Company has announced its intention to close its sewing machine manufacturing facility in Elizabeth, New Jersey by the end of 1982. The company's employees now sue to compel Singer to keep the plant open. Plaintiffs contend that in exchange for millions of dollars in union "give-backs," the company agreed to keep the Elizabeth facility open for the length of the agreement by investing $2 million to restructure the...

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