Local Union No. 2188, International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers v. National Labor Relations Board

TAMM, Circuit Judge:

The petitions in these consolidated cases 1 seek review of two separate decisions of the National Labor Relations Board each of which invokes the Board’s policy of deference to the process of arbitration. In No. 72-1994, Local 2188, IBEW v. NLRB and Western Electric Co. and No. 72-1995, Local 1974, IBEW v. NLRB and Western Electric Co., the Board has declined to reach the merits of unfair labor practice complaints against Western Electric Co. because contracts between the parties provide for grievance and arbitration procedures. Since the facts of these two eases are…