Sims v. United Papermakers & Paperworkers AFL-CIO

On November 30, 1964, plaintiff, Sims, was discharged from employment at defendant-appellee Rex Paper Company’s Kalamazoo plant. Sims was at that time a member of a bargaining unit which was represented under a contract executed on August 19, 1963, by the defendant union. Sims sought reinstatement and back pay by processing a grievance under the terms of the collective bargaining agreement.

On February 1, 1965, the union requested arbitration of Sim’s grievance. Defendant employer responded that the request was untimely in that the union had failed to request arbitration within 30 calendar…