Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit May 16, 1996, No. 95-2745 (Independent Construction Equipment Builders Union v. Hyster-Yale Materials Handling, Inc.)

TERENCE T. EVANS, Circuit Judge.

At first glance, this case is about a half a buck. But to paraphrase the namesake of the building where this court sits, “Fifty cents here, fifty cents there — pretty soon you’re talking about real money.”1

In November 1988, the Independent Construction Equipment Builders Union (ICE-BU) and the Hyster Company (along with Hyster-Yale Materials Handling, Inc.