Glass, Molders, Pottery, Plastics & Allied Workers International Union (Afl-Cio, Clc) Local 421 v. A-Cmi Michigan Casting Center

BATCHELDER, Circuit Judge.

The plaintiff, Local 421 of the Glass, Molders, Pottery, Plastics & Allied Workers International Union, AFL-CIO (“Local 421” or “the union”), appeals summary judgment entered in favor of the defendant A-CMI Michigan Casting Center (“A-CMI”) in the union’s action for specific enforcement of an arbitration clause, filed pursuant to section 301 of the Labor Relations Management Act, 29 U.S.C. § 185 (1994). The district court held that the union’s action is time-barred. For the reasons that follow, we affirm the judgment of the district court.

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