Local 100, Transport Workers Union v. New York City Transit Authority

In a proceeding pursuant to CPLR 7511 (b) to vacate an arbitration award dated October 12, 1995, the appeal is from an order of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Jackson, J.), dated November 22, 1995, which granted the petition and vacated the award.

Ordered that the order is reversed, on the law, with costs, and the petition is dismissed.

The parties have a long-standing collective bargaining agreement (hereinafter CBA), according to which an "Impartial Arbitrator” was to be the final authority to settle grievances based upon contract interpretation. In May 1994 the parties amplified their CBA…