In the Matter of the Arbitration Between Thomas C. Gangemi, as President of the Syracuse Draftsmen's Association, and General Electric Company

MESKILL, Circuit Judge:

This is an appeal by the General Electric Company (“Company”) from an order of the United States District Court for the Northern District of New York, the Honorable James T. Foley, Chief Judge, which order compelled the Company to arbitrate a labor dispute arising under its collective bargaining agreement with the Syracuse Draftsmen’s Association (“Union”).

The dispute arose on November 1, 1974 when the Company issued 32 lack of work notices and 33 displacement notices, effective November 15, 1974, to employee members of the Union. Generally, the collective bargaining…