Moore v. United Parcel Service

**What happened:** UPS employee Moore filed a lawsuit claiming the company failed to accommodate his family medical leave needs and then retaliated against him. UPS tried to get the case thrown out of court, arguing that Moore should have used the grievance process outlined in his union contract instead of going to court. **What the court decided:** The court refused to dismiss Moore's case and ruled it could move forward. The judge determined that workers' rights under the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) are so important that they cannot be given up through union contract negotiations. Even though Moore's union had agreed to handle workplace disputes through a specific grievance process, the court said this didn't prevent him from pursuing his FMLA claims in court. **Why this matters for workers:** This ruling protects workers' federal family leave rights, even when they're union members. It means that union contracts cannot force workers to give up their right to sue in court over FMLA violations. Workers can still go to court to enforce their family leave rights, regardless of what grievance procedures their union may have agreed to with the employer.