Opinion ID: 360904
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Heading: Mandatory Grievance Procedure

Text: 47 A dispute or grievance between the employer and the Union regarding compliance with the collective bargaining agreement must exist before its mandatory grievance procedure becomes operative. Even if a no-strike clause be implied from such provisions, See generally Local 174, Teamsters v. Lucas Flour Co., 369 U.S. 95, 81 S.Ct. 902, 5 L.Ed.2d 859 (1962), no strike conducted outside a dispute or grievance would violate § 11 of the agreement. 48 The trial court correctly found that there was no dispute or grievance between the Union and either Pickens or Horton within the meaning of their agreements. The effects of the picket against Pickens and Horton resulted from a dispute between the Union and Morris. Further, because the picket itself did not violate the agreements, the Union's failure to take steps to abate the resulting strike, although evidence of a § 303 violation, does not amount to a breach of § 11 of the collective bargaining agreements. See generally Eazor Express, Inc. v. International Brotherhood of Teamsters, 520 F.2d 951 (3d Cir. 1975).