Torres

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 HECTOR TORRES, No. 2:20-cv-02241-MCE-JDP Plaintiff, v. MEMORANDUM AND ORDER AMERICAN WATER WORKS COMPANY, INC., et al., 15 Defendants. 16 Through the present action, Plaintiff Hector Torres (“Plaintiff” or “Torres”) seeks relief from Defendants California American Water Company and its parent, American Water Works Company, (together the “Company”) and International Union of Operating Engineers, Stationary Local Number 39, (the “Union”) (collectively “Defendants”) for wrongful discharge in breach of a labor agreement and breach of the duty of fair representation, respectively. Compl., ECF No. 1 ¶ 1. The Company terminated Plaintiff after conducting an investigation and concluding that Plaintiff had sexually harassed a junior female colleague, who was also a member of the Union. The Union initially represented Plaintiff through the grievance process but decided not to pursue the grievance through private arbitration. Presently before the…