Ouch: Union Dinged By Federal Court for Disrespectful Remarks to Resigning Member

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit recently upheld United Auto., Aerospace & Agric. Implement Workers of Am., Local 600, AFL-CIO v. Nat'l Labor Relations Bd., where the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) found, in part, that UAW Local 600 statements toward a member who requested withdrawal from the union were in bad faith and violated its duty of fair representation.