for the purposes of this appeal, that the amended complaint did not relate back to the original filing on August 10, 1984, more than six months passed between the time Stafford learned that his grievance had been withdrawn and the filing of the complaint against the UAW. The question thus presented is whether the statute of limitations begins to run from the date Stafford learned of the withdrawal of his grievance or the date that his appeal, to the Union was finally denied. In resolving the question, two competing policies must be reconciled. First, there is a strong policy in favor of timely and uniform resolution of labor disputes. Second, there is a strong policy in favor of encouraging union self governance through development of internal procedures for r 087 (6th Cir.1987) (<HOLDING>); Proudfoot v. Seafarer’s International Union,
holding that statute of limitations is tolled by pursuit of internal union remedies even where those remedies are ultimately determined to be futile holding that the statute of limitations on employees claim under 29 usc  411a is tolled by pursuit of internal union remedies despite fact that employee pursued such remedies for more than the four months required by statute holding that fela statute of limitations is tolled by incompetence holding statute of limitations should not be equitably tolled for taxpayer who filed a refund claim after the applicable statute of limitations holding that the statute of limitations for an action under  1415e2 is four months