International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Local Union No. 245 v. FirstEnergy Corp.

ORDER

CARR, District Judge.

This is a suit by the plaintiff International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, AFL-CIO, Local Union No. 245 against an employer, FirstEnergy Corporation. The union seeks to compel expedited arbitration of a grievance relating to changes in the employer’s health and welfare plan.

For the reasons that follow, the union’s motion for to compel expedited arbitration shall be denied.

The union and employer are parties to a collective bargaining agreement negotiated in 2001. The Agreement’s provisions relating to the employer’s health benefits provide, in pertinent part:

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