A 16-page decision issued by the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in Starla Rollins v. Community Hospital of San Bernardino and SEIU-UHW (Case No. 14-55971). In this decision, issued October 26, 2016, a panel of three judges sided with Starla Rollins, who sued her employer and SEIU-UHW for failing to honor a seniority agreement that should have allowed her to keep her job more than 20 years during a "reduction in force" implemented by the hospital. The judges ordered SEIU-UHW officials to stand trial for failing to fulfill their "duty of fair representation" to defend Rollins, a union member, and provide her with adequate representation.
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Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals: Starla Rollins vs SEIU-UHW (October 26, 2016)
A 16-page decision issued by the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in Starla Rollins v. Community Hospital of San Bernardino and SEIU-UHW (Case No. 14-55971). In this decision, issue…