Steamship Trade Association of Baltimore, Inc. et al v. International Longshoremen's Association, Local 333

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Case Number:

1:22-cv-02876

Court:

Maryland

Nature of Suit:

Labor: Labor/Mgt. Relations

Judge:

Julie Rebecca Rubin

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  1. August 24, 2023

    Public's Need For Clean Food Outweighs Worker's CBA Rights

    The operator of a Baltimore wharf and sugar refinery was within its rights to fire a unionized employee for urinating near unprocessed sugar, a Maryland federal judge ruled Thursday, because public policy interests in favor of sanitary food outweighed the worker's just-cause protections.

  2. February 14, 2023

    Union Backs Reinstatement Of Worker Who Urinated On Dock

    An International Longshoremen's Association local challenged a bid from a Baltimore trade association and sugar refinery to vacate an arbitrator's decision finding a union member was wrongly fired for urinating on a dock and in a break room, telling a Maryland federal judge that the ruling was proper.

  3. November 07, 2022

    Trade Org Fights Order To Rehire Worker Who Urinated On Dock

    A Baltimore trade association and a sugar refinery urged a Maryland federal judge to throw out an arbitration award saying the company wrongly terminated a union-represented worker who urinated on a dock and in a break room, saying the employee's actions are a "major violation" justifying his firing.