§1208 Suits

Summary

Federal courts can hear cases the National Labor Relations Board brings under this law the same way they hear cases under title 29. Contract disputes between the Postal Service and a labor organization, or between such labor organizations, can be filed in any federal district court that has the parties. There is no minimum dollar amount needed to bring those suits. A labor organization and the Postal Service are responsible for the acts of their agents. A labor organization (union) can sue or be sued as an entity and for the employees it represents. Money judgments can be collected only from the organization and its assets, not from individual members or their property. A federal court has jurisdiction over a union where it has its main office or where its officers or agents are acting for members. Serving legal papers on an officer or agent in their official role counts as serving the whole organization.