James E. Thompson v. Aluminum Company of America United Steelworkers of America, Afl-Cio Clc United Steelworkers Local 303

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• explaining that although both claims are brought in one suit, “a cause of action will only lie against an employer if the union has breached its duty of fair representation of the employee”
• an employee may forego exhaustion only by showing both a breach by the employer and the union
• “[A] cause of action will only lie against an employer if the union has breached its duty of fair representation of the employee.” (quotation marks omitted)
• “[N]either claim is viable if the other fails.”

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