Major Victory: Sixth Circuit to Review Merger Injunction
The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals has agreed to hear arguments on April 21 in an appeal of the preliminary injunction halting implementation of the merger between the UTU and the SMWIA.
The preliminary injunction was issued last June by Judge John R. Adams, a Bush appointee, who ruled that the merger could not be implemented pending conclusion of the case, including any appeals that might be accepted by any higher courts.
At issue is whether Judge Adams erred in siding with the UTU/BLET plaintiffs who joined forces with then UTU Vice President Futhey to block the merger.
While no charges have been filed against the UTU/BLET members or their co-conspirators for suing the UTU, 7 UTU Vice Presidents who intervened in support of the merger were charged with dual unionism and face a trial before the UTU Executive Board. Mike Futhey, now UTU President, testified against his own Vice Presidents on February 5th.
While attempts have been made to secure transcripts of the trial, the Futhey-controlled Executive Board has refused to make them available, even after promising Judge Adams they would do so in order to conduct a “fair” trial of the UTU Vice Presidents.
Stay tuned for more information on these breaking developments.
The preliminary injunction was issued last June by Judge John R. Adams, a Bush appointee, who ruled that the merger could not be implemented pending conclusion of the case, including any appeals that might be accepted by any higher courts.
At issue is whether Judge Adams erred in siding with the UTU/BLET plaintiffs who joined forces with then UTU Vice President Futhey to block the merger.
While no charges have been filed against the UTU/BLET members or their co-conspirators for suing the UTU, 7 UTU Vice Presidents who intervened in support of the merger were charged with dual unionism and face a trial before the UTU Executive Board. Mike Futhey, now UTU President, testified against his own Vice Presidents on February 5th.
While attempts have been made to secure transcripts of the trial, the Futhey-controlled Executive Board has refused to make them available, even after promising Judge Adams they would do so in order to conduct a “fair” trial of the UTU Vice Presidents.
Stay tuned for more information on these breaking developments.
posted by The Real UTU at
8:37 PM
3 Comments:
Thank you for keeping up the fight for your fellow members
Thank God you are taking a stand. These guys are making a mockery of our union. They are bankrupting us, all so Futhey can rule his way.
Hopefully the 6th Circuit will provide a degree of fairness to the events. Judge Adams is off the charts. His impulsive decisions and what seems to be personal attacks on our interveners needs to be replaced with the intent of law as it should be applied in these circumstances.
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