Communications Workers of America v. General Telephone Co.

Opinion

KINGSLEY, J.

Plaintiff union appeals from a judgment affirming an arbitration award. We affirm.

This case arises out of a grievance proceeding by the union, on behalf of one of its members (Claude Baptiste), to set aside Baptiste’s discharge by respondent. Baptiste had, while engaged on the employer’s business, become involved in an “altercation” with a citizen that resulted in injuries to the citizen. In spite of Baptiste’s claims made to his supervisor that the injuries were committed in self-defense, he was discharged. That discharge was the subject matter of the grievance proceeding…