Service Employees International Union v. Service Employees International Union

ORDER GRANTING SERVICE EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL UNION’S MOTION FOR PARTIAL SUMMARY JUDGMENT

INTRODUCTION

Plaintiffs are a local union of building service employees in San Francisco, and its elected offices, executive board members, trustees, and rank and file members. They bring suit to challenge the actions by defendants Service Employees International Union and another local union to merge their union with the other local union and to place a trusteeship over it. Defendant SEIU moves for partial summary judgment as to all of plaintiffs’ claims and as to its own counterclaim for injunctive relief enforcing the trusteeship. This order GRANTS defendant’s motion as to plaintiffs’ first three claims relating to the validity of the merger, plaintiffs fourth claim relating to the trusteeship, and defendants’ counterclaim to enforce the trusteeship.

STATEMENT

Defendant Service Employees International Union (“SEIU”) is a labor organization within the meaning of the National Labor Relations Act, 29 U.S.C. 152(5) (Compl.l 13). Local 87 is a labor organization within the meaning of the NLRA and is a chartered local union of SEIU (¶ 8). The SEIU Constitution and Bylaws are binding on…