Moore

OPINION AND ORDER

Plaintiffs’ first amended complaint alleges causes of action under the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act (“LMRDA”), 29 U.S.C. §§ 529-530 (1985), and the Labor-Management Relations Act, 29 U.S.C. § 185 (1978). The complaint identifies Moore and Whelan as members of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (“IBEW”) and lists twenty-five causes of action against Local 569 of the IBEW (“the Local”), the IBEW, and various individuals employed by the Local. Each of the defendants has moved for summary judgment, and in the alternative for judgment on the pleadings, as to some of plaintiffs’ causes of action.

Much of the complaint concerns plaintiffs’ allegations that the Local and the individual defendants deliberately failed to refer plaintiffs for employment. The Inside Agreement (“Agreement”), a collective bargaining agreement between the Local and area contractors, contains a referral procedure by which electrical workers gain employment. Pursuant to this procedure, the Local maintains an “out-of-work list” (for which non-members are eligible) and lists the job applicants in chronological order of the dates they register their availability…