Demolition Firm’s Lawsuit Against Union Properly Dismissed

Adamo Demolition Co. lost its bid to revive a lawsuit against a labor union that allegedly sought to disrupt its project because the claims were preempted by federal labor law, the Sixth Circuit said.

Section 301 of the Labor Management Relations Act precluded the company from bringing tortious interference claims against International Union of Operating Engineers Local 150 because the claims’ resolution required interpreting the nationwide collective bargaining agreement that governed their relationship, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit said.

Adamo won a subcontract to work on a demolition project at a Ford Motor Co. assembly plant ...