Chicago Typographical Union No. 16 v. Chicago Sun-Times, Incorporated

POSNER, Circuit Judge.

We have consolidated for decision these two appeals because though they arise from separate cases before different district judges, the parties and counsel are the same, both appeals involve arbitration issues, and both cases derive ultimately from the same arbitration award.

Chicago Typographical Union No. 16, the plaintiff and appellant in both eases, represents the composing-room employees of both the Chicago Sun-Times, Inc. — the publisher of Chicago’s second-largest newspaper, and the defendant and appellee in these cases — and the publisher of Chicago’s largest…