Office & Professional Employees International Union v. Allied Industrial Workers International Union

*689DECISION AND ORDER

REYNOLDS, Chief Judge.

This is an action by a union, pursuant to § 301(a) of the Labor Management Relations Act, 29 U.S.C. § 185(a), to compel arbitration under a collective bargaining agreement of a controversy involving the discharge of an employee. The issue presented is whether the defendant employer’s claim that the controversy was settled justifies a refusal to submit that claim to arbitration.1 For the reasons hereinafter indicated, the claim of settlement is not a sufficient reason for refusing to proceed to arbitration, and plaintiff’s motion for summary judgment to…