Legal Opinion
George A. Hormel & Co. v. United Food & Commercial Workers, Local 9
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided July 12, 1989No. 88-5352PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BEAM, Circuit Judge.
George A. Hormel & Company (appellant or Hormel) appeals from an order of the district court confirming an arbitration award. The arbitration award was in favor of the appellee, United Food & Commercial Workers, Local 9, AFL-CIO. Because the arbitrator’s award did not draw itself from the essence of the contract between appellant and appellee, we reverse.
I. BACKGROUND
The genesis of this dispute was appellant’s decision to significantly change the operation of its meat slaughtering and processing plant in Austin, Minnesota. Prior to January 13, 1988, appellant operated 20…
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