Matter of Woods v. State University of New York

(dissenting).We respectfully dissent. Here, we are not faced with a collective bargaining agreement (hereinafter CBA) containing a broad arbitration clause. Instead, as the majority notes, the record before us includes only article 8 of the CBA, and the arbitration provided for therein is narrowly limited to disciplinary actions. In considering the prescribed second-step question of “ ‘whether the parties did agree by the terms of their particular arbitration clause to refer their differences in this specific area to arbitration’ ” (Matter of Board of Educ. of Watertown City School Dist.…