1. If the court rules that the union has no duty to represent these former employees, they cannot pursue their grievance against the company. Discuss why this result is fair or unfair to all three parties: the company, the union, and the former employees.
2. When the union bargained for the laid off employees, the employees were told they would have future employment opportunities with the company. Do you think it was unreasonable for these laid off employees to expect the union’s help 11 years later? Why or why not?
3. If the company and the union had known that 11 years would pass before positions opened up at this plant, do you think they would have provided this “future employment opportunities” provision?