Court Opinion

ID: 9662227
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-23 23:03:31.726618+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:14:37.930216
License: Public Domain

Boyle, J.
I concur solely on the ground that a union’s totally unexplained failure to process a grievance constitutes arbitrary union conduct, and thus a breach of the union’s duty of fair representa*685tion, irrespective of whether the union’s conduct was in bad faith. I write separately to make clear my view that a breach of a union’s duty of fair representation can only be shown by conduct that is "arbitrary, discriminatory, or in bad faith,” Vaca v Sipes, 386 US 171, 190; 87 S Ct 903; 17 L Ed 2d 842 (1967).