Eichleay Corp. v. International Ass'n of Bridge, Structural & Ornamental Iron Workers

OPINION OF THE COURT

NYGAARD, Circuit Judge.

In these consolidated appeals, we again address the great deference due arbitrators’ decisions in labor disputes. The appellant Unions 1 contest the district court’s order vacating a series of arbitration awards favorable to them. We will affirm in part and reverse in part.

I

This acrimonious dispute between Ei-chleay Corporation (“Eichleay”) and the plaintiff Unions (collectively the “Unions”) arose in 1985. Eichleay, a union shop construction company, and the Unions were parties to collective bargaining agreements known as the National Maintenance…