Oil, Chemical & Atomic Workers International Union v. Texaco Refining & Marketing, Inc.

OPINION

MURRAY M. SCHWARTZ, Chief Judge.

Petitioner Oil, Chemical and Atomic Workers International Union Local 8-898 (“OCAW”) filed for a preliminary injunction directing Texaco Refining and Marketing, Inc. (“Texaco”) to permit employees to take single vacation days pending arbitration of a dispute over permissible vacation time under the collective bargaining agreement. An evidentiary hearing was held on April 1, 1987, as mandated by § 7 of the Norris-LaGuardia Act, 29 U.S.C. § 107, followed by briefing which concluded on April 20. The following constitutes the Court’s findings of fact and…