Legal Opinion
Consolidation Coal Co. v. United Mine Workers, District 12, Local Union 1545
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided May 17, 2000No. 99-1640, 99-1641PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Chief Judge.
The parties to these consolidated appeals, an employer and a union, have a collective bargaining agreement that provides for arbitration of disputes arising under it. A change by the employer of certain of its staffing practices in an effort to avoid having to pay overtime wages precipitated a slew of grievances by the union. Seven resulted in arbitration proceedings (all before different arbitrators) that are relevant to the appeal. The issue in all the arbitrations was the same: whether the change in staffing practices violated the collective bargaining agreement. The…
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