Exxon Corp. v. Baton Rouge Oil and Chemical Workers Union

E. GRADY JOLLY, Circuit Judge:

This appeal requires us to determine whether, as a matter of national policy, the federal courts must decline to enforce an arbitrator’s award that orders only back-pay — not reinstatement — for an employee who was fired because of drug use, but also fired in violation of the terms of his collective bai’gaining agreement. The case arose from the discharge of Donald Chube by Exxon Corporation for his violation of the company’s policy on alcohol and drug use. Chube worked as a supervisor in a “safety-sensitive position,” and was discharged after a drug test…