CASE PREVIEW · United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Williams v Ford Motor Co
NLRB Proceedings and Limitations on Discrimination and Fair-Representation Claims
Decided
The citation
Williams v Ford Motor Co, unpublished opinion of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, issued November 4, 2026 (Case No. 26-1511)
From the case summary
Ford fired Williams during his 2019 probationary period. His union withdrew his grievance in 2021 after learning of job-performance issues. The NLRB dismissed his January 2022 charge that the union failed to take his grievance to arbitration and rejected his later appeal as untimely. Williams…
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