Local 50, Bakery, Confectionery & Tobacco Workers Union, AFL-CIO v. American Bakeries Co.

— Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County, entered September 28, 1979, which, inter alia, granted the petition to vacate an arbitration award, unanimously reversed, on the law, with costs and disbursements, the petition dismissed, and the cross motion to confirm granted. Contrary to Special Term’s finding, the arbitrator’s determination that there was a transfer of operations, rather than a plant closing within the intended application of the severance pay provision of the collective bargaining agreement, was not irrational. The construction of the collective bargaining agreement was a…