Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Inc. v. Office and Professional Employees International Union, Local 29, AFL-CIO

1 2 3 4 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 5 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 7 KAISER FOUNDATION HEALTH PLAN, Case No. 22-cv-05112-HSG INC., et al., 8 ORDER DENYING DEFENDANT'S Plaintiffs, MOTION TO DISMISS 9 v. Re: Dkt. No. 13 10

OFFICE AND PROFESSIONAL

11 EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL UNION,

LOCAL 29, AFL-CIO,

12 Defendant. 13 14 Plaintiffs Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Inc., Kaiser Foundation Hospitals, and the 15 Permanente Medical Group, Inc. (“Kaiser”) brought this action against Defendant Office & 16 Professional Employees International Union, Local 29 (“Local 29”), alleging that Local 29 17 breached a collective bargaining agreement by engaging in a sympathy strike. Dkt. No. 1 18 (“Compl.”). Local 29 moves to dismiss Kaiser’s claims, and Kaiser opposes. See Dkt. No. 13 19 (“Mot.”); Dkt. No. 17 (“Opp.”). The Court DENIES Local 29’s motion to dismiss.1 20 I. BACKGROUND 21 As alleged in the complaint, Kaiser filed this case in response to a sympathy strike Local 22 29, a labor union, engaged in on November 18, 2021. Compl.…