Q: NEED LABOR ATTORNEY EXPERIENCED WITH WRONGFUL TERMINATION BY UNIONS AND EMPLOYER. ALL BARGAINING AGREEMENTS HAVE ENDED.
I WAS EMPLOYED AT UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD FOR 23 YEARS AND TERMINATED ON FEBRUARY 21, 2020. UNIONS NEGLIGENCE REMOVED ME FROM UNION MEMBERSHIP ROSTER IN VIOLATION OF MY UNION RIGHTS AND UNION BYLAWS AND CONSTITUTION. UNIONS AND RAILROAD EMPLOYER CONSTRUCTED MY TERMINATION BY BLAMING ME FOR VIOLATION OF THE ( TRN 1-691 CLOSED SHOP AGREEMENT ). THE UNIONS CREATED THIS VIOLATION OF UNION CLOSED SHOP AGREEMENT BY REMOVING ME FROM UNION MEMBERSHIP AND STOP COLLECTING MY UNION DUES WITHOUT MY AUTHORIZATION IN VIOLATION OF UNION MEMBERSHIP BYLAWS. UNIONS SENT LETTER TO EMPLOYER REQUESTING MY TERMINATION FOR BEING IN VIOLATION OF UNION CLOSED SHOP AGREEMENT.
A:
Very sorry to hear about this kind of treatment of a long term employee. I handle employment law but not Labor/Management relations, which is what you are speaking about. The law involved is the LMRA, a Federal Law and you will need to file a lawsuit called a "DFR" case in Federal Court. This means "Duty of fair representation" and is a breach by the Union. IMO a lot of these attorneys are located in the San Francisco area, very unlikely you will find one in VV. I would suggest that you repost this in "employment law" and "Labor relations" so that these attorneys that are listed with Justia get an email about your post. Best of luck.
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