Sholgen v. Lipsett, Inc.

A member of a union which has signed a collective agreement with an employer brings this proceeding to compel arbitration under that agreement. Petitioner, as an employee, is not a party to that agreement. Under the *297arbitration terms thereof, only the union has the right to demand arbitration and not any individual members of the union who may have a grievance. To permit individual employees to invoke the arbitration machinery of a collective agreement would disrupt the proper operation of such procedures. The motion is therefore denied. Since the union has submitted an affidavit to the…