United States Gypsum Company v. United Steelworkers of America, Afl-Cio

JOHN R. BROWN, Chief Judge:

The basic question in this case is whether the purchaser of assets of the predecessor employer can be compelled to arbitrate grievances under the collective bargaining contract between the employer and the union certified as the bargaining representative. Subsidiary, but perhaps more vexing, questions concern the Union’s right to assert the grievance, demand arbitration or secure arbitral relief with respect to , 'post-expiration periods, and both substantively and in point of time, with respect to post-decertification periods. In a § 301, 29 U.S.C.A. § 185, suit…