UNION DEMOCRACY
DOL Rejection of Teamsters' Complaint Upheld in Fed. Ct.
On Sept. 30, 2002, in the U.S. Dist. Ct. for the Sou. District of NY,
the court granted the Secy's. motion to dismiss the lawsuit brought by
members of Teamsters Local 97 contesting the Dept. of Labor's (DOL) rejection
of their complaint of Local 97's December 2000 officer elections. DOL denied
the election complaint because of the complainants' failure to exhaust
internal union remedies.
The court adopted the DOL position that the complainants were required
to appeal the decision of the Teamsters Joint Council within fifteen days
to the General Executive Board as required by the intl. union's constitution.
The court rejected the complainants' arguments that the appeal requirement
was unreasonably burdensome and too long and complex to follow. [DOL OLMS
10/9/02]
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