Is ignorance of the appeals procedure an excuse for an employee's failure to exhaust internal union remedies?
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The following excerpt is from Fristoe v. Reynolds Metals Co., 615 F.2d 1209 (9th Cir. 1980):
An employee's ignorance of the appeals procedure does not generally excuse his failure to exhaust internal union remedies, even if the union failed to inform him of the possibility.
In Newgent v. Modine Mfg. Co., 495 F.2d 919 (7th Cir. 1974), the court concluded:
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