Westinghouse Salaried Employees Ass'n v. Westinghouse Electric Corp.

WILLSON, District Judge.

In this civil action tried non-jury, plaintiffs seek to compel defendant to arbitrate a dispute between the union and the defendant with respect to the claimed right of the defendant to “subcontract” or “contract out” work which defendant’s regular employees generally perform. The issue involves the interpretation of the bargaining agreement. The evidence introduced at the trial is based largely on admissions from the pleadings, but as supplemented by one witness for the plaintiffs and two for the defendant. The following facts are supported by the evidence and are…