International Association Of Machinists And Aerospace Workers, Local Lodge 964 v. Bf Goodrich Aerospace Aerostructures Group

387 F.3d 1046 INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MACHINISTS AND AEROSPACE WORKERS, LOCAL LODGE 964, Defendant-cross-claimant-Appellee, v. BF GOODRICH AEROSPACE AEROSTRUCTURES GROUP, Plaintiff-cross-defendant-Appellant. No. 03-55085. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted February 3, 2004. Filed November 1, 2004. Thomas J. Kennedy, Phoenix, AZ, for the plaintiff-appellant. David A. Rosenfeld, M. Suzanne Murphy, and John Plotz, Oakland, CA, and James Rutkowski, Los Angeles, CA, for the defendant-appellee. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California; Virginia A. Phillips, District Judge, Presiding. D.C. No. CV-02-00331-VAP. Before KOZINSKI, O'SCANNLAIN, and SILVERMAN, Circuit Judges. O'SCANNLAIN, Circuit Judge. 1 We must decide whether provisions of a collective bargaining agreement requiring a corporate employer to pay salary and benefits to a full-time union representative violate the federal Labor Management Relations Act. 2 * BF Goodrich Aerospace Aerostructures Group ("Goodrich") and the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, Local Lodge 964 ("the union") are longstanding parties to a…