International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Local Union No. 53, Afl-Cio v. Sho-Me Power Corporation

BRIGHT, Circuit Judge.

The International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Local 53 (Union) appeals from the district court’s judgment which refused to enforce an arbitrator’s award ordering the Sho-Me Power Corporation (Utility) to reinstate without backpay a Union member, Stephen Thornton, to his former job with the Utility. The district court ruled that the arbitrator’s award failed to draw its essence from the collective bargaining agreement between the Utility and the Union, and, therefore, granted the Utility’s motion for summary judgment. We reverse and remand.

I. Background.

Stephen…