Coca-Cola Bottling Co. of St. Louis v. Teamsters Local Union No. 688

BOWMAN, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from the District Court's 1 decision granting summary judgment in favor of the Coca-Cola Bottling Company of St. Louis (Company) and vacating a labor arbitrator’s award. We affirm.

The appellant in this action, Teamsters Local Union No. 688 (Union), is the bargaining representative of Coca-Cola employee Kenneth Youngermann. Younger-mann was employed as a driver under the terms of a collective bargaining agreement between the Union and the Company from 1984 until his termination on May 1, 1989. Youngermann’s relationship with his employer was not without…