Opinion ID: 786209
Heading Depth: 4
Heading Rank: 2

Heading: The Relationship Between Local 77L and the USWA

Text: 18 As predicted in the WARN letter, RBX closed the Barberton facility and fired nearly all of its employees on October 15, 2001. Pursuant to Article IX of the USWA Constitution, the USWA placed Local 77L in Administratorship on November 29, 2001, suspending the Local 77L officers because the plant had closed and naming Rose Jones as the Administrator of Local 77L. Owing to the large number of unresolved disputes between the employees and RBX, the USWA filed multiple grievances on behalf of the Barberton employees. Several of these grievances were filed by Jones in response to a letter sent by RBX, which informed the Barberton employees that their health insurance ended on January 13, 2002, ninety days after the closing of the plant. Some Local 77L members objected to the manner in which Jones handled the filing of grievances and the effects negotiations. In January, a Local 77L member, Douglas Sauerbrei, requested that Jones be removed as administrator. However, during a February 13, 2002, hearing held by the USWA to determine if the Administratorship was properly established, there was allegedly no objection to the establishment of the Administratorship or to Jones's abilities in that role.