Cabrera
Maximiliano Cabrera, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated, and the general public v. Fox Television Stations, LLC
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
BACKGROUND
26 The salient facts are straightforward. Cabrera worked at Fox between July 2021 and 27 “inclusion in any labor union,” Dkt. No. 21 at 3, the record demonstrates that Cabrera was a member of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, AFL-CIO (IBEW) Local 45 during his employment. See Dkt. No. 1-5 ¶ 8 (declaration of Fox’s director of human resources attesting to Cabrera’s membership in IBEW Local 45 “during the entirety of his employment with Fox”). Cabrera did not establish otherwise. Two CBAs governed the terms of Cabrera’s employment with Fox. The first CBA was in place between June 2019 and June 2022. Dkt. No. 17, Ex. 1 § 1.2. The second CBA was entered into in May 2023 and operates until May 2026. Dkt. No. 17, Ex. 2 § 1.2. Each of the CBAs contains the same grievance and arbitration clause. As the clauses state:
All questions, disputes, or controversies involving the interpretation or application of this [CBA] shall be settled and determined solely and exclusively by the grievance and arbitration procedures herein set forth. Dkt. No. 17, Ex. 1 § 3.1, Ex. 2 § 3.1. …