Trustees of Columbia University v. Local 1199, Drug, Hospital & Health Care Employees Union

OPINION AND ORDER

CEDARBAUM, District Judge.

Plaintiff The Trustees of Columbia University (“Columbia”) sues Local 1199, Drug, Hospital and Health Care Employees Union, RWDSU, AFL-CIO (“Local 1199”), a labor organization in New York City, for breach of a no-strike clause in their collective bargaining agreement. Local 1199 moves to dismiss the complaint pursuant to Fed.R.Civ.P. 12(b)(1) and (6) on the ground that Columbia is precluded from litigating its dispute with the Union in court because in the collective bargaining agreement the parties have designated arbitration as the exclusive means…