School Committee v. United Steelworkers of America, Local 8751

Acting in the interests of Boston public school students, the Boston school committee (the committee), in May of 1985, directed ARA Services, Inc. (the company at that time having the Boston bus contract), to terminate the employment of thirty-seven drivers, among whom was Carl Poekel. Two and one-half years later, an arbitrator decided that the committee acted without sufficient cause with regard to Poekel and that he should be reinstated with full back pay. The committee, which had agreed with the defendant (the union) to be bound by the arbitration, brought suit to vacate the award, and…