Ubc

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

UNITED BROTHERHOOD OF No. 13-35095

CARPENTERS AND JOINERS OF

AMERICA; BUTCH PARKER; SCOTT D.C. No. FLANNERY; WILLIAM CRAWFORD; 2:11-cv-05159-

TRUMAN JORDAN, TOR

Plaintiffs-Appellants,

v. OPINION

METAL TRADES DEPARTMENT, AFL-

CIO; HANFORD ATOMIC METAL

TRADES COUNCIL,

Defendants-Appellees.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Washington Thomas O. Rice, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted May 12, 2014—Seattle, Washington

Filed October 28, 2014

Before: Diarmuid F. O’Scannlain, Andrew J. Kleinfeld, and Marsha S. Berzon, Circuit Judges.

Opinion by Judge O’Scannlain SUMMARY*

Labor Law

The panel affirmed the district court’s dismissal of the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America’s action alleging that the Metal Trades Department, AFL-CIO, violated the federal duty of fair representation.

The Carpenters, a labor union, alleged that, as part of a campaign to force it to reaffiliate, the Building and Construction…