Standard Motor Freight, Inc. v. LOCAL UNION NO. 560, INTERN. BROTHERHOOD OF TEAMSTERS

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Hall, J.

This labor relations case involves an aspect of so-called “procedural arbitrability” under a collective bargaining agreement between plaintiff, the employer, a motor trucking concern engaged in interstate commerce, and defendant, the union representing its employees. The underlying question—one of interpretation of the contract—-is which of several grievance forums provided by the agreement has jurisdiction over a union complaint, conceded to be substantively arbitrable, arising from the particular circumstances of the termination of employment…