Westinghouse Hanford Company v. Hanford Atomic Metal Trades Council

FLETCHER, Circuit Judge:

Defendant Hanford Atomic Metal Trades Council (“the Union”) appeals from the district court’s grant of summary judgment in favor of plaintiff Westinghouse Hanford Company (“Westinghouse”) on Westinghouse’s action to stay arbitration and the Union’s counterclaim to compel arbitration. We reverse and remand for the district court to enter an order compelling arbitration.

FACTS

The Union represents several thousand workers at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation (“Hanford”) near Richland, Washington. The United States Department of Energy (“DOE”) is responsible for operating and…