Danbury Rubber Co. v. Local 402, United Rubber, Cork, Linoleum & Plastic Workers of America

This appeal presents the question whether an arbitration award was made in time. The plaintiff and the defendant were operating under a collective bargaining agreement which provided for a grievance procedure. The agreement stated that if the preliminary measures for settling a grievance did not result in an adjustment, the grievance should be submitted to the Connecticut State Board of Mediation and Arbitration “to act as arbitrators whose decision shall be final and binding on both parties.” The agreement did not fix any time within which a decision should be made. The defendant referred a…