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Appellate court affirmed summary judgment in favor of plaintiffs on the first cause of action, rejecting defendant union's statute of limitations defense as untimely pleaded and lacking merit.
McCarthy v. Amalgamated Local Number 55 International Union
What Happened
McCarthy filed a lawsuit against his union, Amalgamated Local Number 55, claiming the union broke a contract. The union tried to dismiss the case by arguing that McCarthy waited too long to sue—that the legal deadline to file had passed.
What the Court Decided
The appeals court sided with McCarthy. The court rejected the union's time-limit argument, finding that the union raised this defense too late and that the argument had no merit anyway. The court upheld an earlier judge's decision in McCarthy's favor on his main contract breach claim.
Why This Matters for Workers
This ruling protects workers' ability to hold unions accountable. It shows that unions cannot use technical timing arguments to escape responsibility for breaking agreements with their members. Workers have a right to pursue contract disputes even if unions try to block them on procedural grounds. This case reinforces that courts will look at the actual merits of worker complaints rather than allowing organizations to avoid accountability through procedural tricks.
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