United States Sixth Circuit

Lifetime employment guarantee, contained in a memorandum of agreement between newspaper and union, was a vested right that survived the expiration of particular collective bargaining agreement and, while suspended during a strike, this right could not be terminated by the newspaper except in accordance with the provisions of the lifetime guarantee agreement, including the arbitration provision of the last collective bargaining agreement.

Appellate Information

• Argued 01/23/2002
• Decided 03/14/2002
• Published 03/14/2002

Judges

• Before KENNEDY and DAUGHTREY, Circuit Judges;  BELL, Chief District Judge.

Court

• United States Sixth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Robert M. Vercruysse (argued and briefed), David B. Calzone, Gary S. Fealk (briefed), Vercruysse, Metz & Murray, Bingham Farms, MI, John A. Taylor (briefed), Detroit, MI, for Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Samuel C. McKnight (argued and briefed), David R. Radtke (briefed), Klimist, McKnight, Sale, McClow & Canzano, Southfield, MI, for Appellee.