Kathy Bliesner v. The Communication Workers of America Verizon Northwest Inc., Fka Gte Northwest Incorporated

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• affirming summary judgment without reaching the issue of the union’s DFR violation, because the plaintiff-employee failed to show that‘her employer breached the CBÁ
• granting summary judgment to both the employer and the union on plaintiff’s hybrid section 301/fair representation claim where the plaintiff failed to show that the employer breached the CBA
• “In order to prevail in [a hybrid § 301] suit, the plaintiff must show that the union and the employer have both breached their respective duties.”
• for a hybrid fair representation/! 301 claim, the plaintiff must show both that the union breached its duty of fair representation and that the employer breached the CBA
• “We may affirm on any ground supported by the record.”
• “An aggrieved party may bring a hybrid fair representation/§ 301 suit against the union, the employer, or both. In order to prevail in any such suit, the plaintiff must show that the union and the employer have both breached their respective duties.”

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