Ferguson v. International Association Of Bridge, Structural And Ornamental Iron Workers

854 F.2d 1169 129 L.R.R.M. (BNA) 2131 , 57 USLW 2163 , 109 Lab.Cas. P 10,697 Gwendolyn FERGUSON; Miguel R. Tinker-Salas; Robert P. Bilodeau; Pedro Cordoba; Ernest Green, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BRIDGE, STRUCTURAL AND ORNAMENTAL IRON WORKERS; John H. Lyons; Jule D. Drake; Charles R. Anding; Leroy Worley, Defendants-Appellees. No. 87-6314. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted June 17, 1988. Decided Aug. 18, 1988. Dan Siegel, Siegel, Friedman & Yee, Oakland, Cal., for plaintiffs-appellants. Victor J. Van Bourg, Van Bourg, Weinberg, Roger & Rosenfeld, San Francisco, Cal., for defendants-appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern District of California. Before GOODWIN, Chief Judge, ALDISERT * , Senior Circuit Judge, NORRIS, Circuit Judge. NORRIS, Circuit Judge: 1 Section 101(a)(2) of the Labor Management Reporting and Disclosure Act (LMRDA), 29 U.S.C. Sec. 411 (a)(2), protects union members' rights to free speech and assembly while preserving the rights of unions to adopt and enforce reasonable rules governing the responsibilities of members towards their unions as institutions.…