Letarte

MEMORANDUM **

Joseph Letarte appeals the district court’s summary judgment dismissal of his claim for breach of the duty of fair representation against the International Association of Machinists Union. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1291 and affirm.

Letarte has failed to show that the Union’s representation was arbitrary, discriminatory, or performed in bad faith, as *570 required in an action against a union for breach of the duty of fair representation. 1 He has not provided evidence of discrimination or bad faith in the Union’s failure to provide him with a copy of the collective bargaining agreement, appoint a shop steward, or file a grievance on his behalf. Instead, he relies on a theory that these omissions were arbitrary failures to perform ministerial tasks. 2 Though the Union may have been lackadaisical in providing services to Fairbanks employees, its failings do not rise to the level of a breach of the duty of fair representation. Le-tarte did not submit evidence that the asserted failures “lackfed] a rational basis,” 3 reflected a “reckless disregard of the employee’s rights,” 4 or were “egregious, unfair and unrelated to legitimate union interests.” 5…