Kennametal, Inc. v. United Steelworkers of America

OPINION

JONES, District Judge.

In this labor arbitration case the employer contends that the arbitrator’s award was flawed because the arbitrator refused to consider the terms of a benefit plan incorporated in the collective bargaining agreement on the ground that the union did not receive a copy of the benefit plan before the agreement was ratified by the union membership. I agree with the employer and will remand the .case for another arbitration.

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This action was brought by Kennametal, Inc. (hereafter “Kennametal” or “the Company”) pursuant to section 301 of the Labor Management Relations Act…