International Union, United Plant Guard Workers v. Johnson Controls World Services, Inc.

JOHN R. GIBSON, Senior Circuit Judge:

The International Union of the United Plant Guard Workers of America and its Local Union No. 127 appeal from the district court’s entry of summary judgment against them on their suit to compel Johnson Controls World Services, Inc. to submit to arbitration. The district court determined that the union’s suit was time-barred under the six-month statute of limitations borrowed from the National Labor Relations Act. We reverse.

The union and Johnson Controls are parties to a collective bargaining agreement covering conditions of employment of security guards…