Arco-Polymers, Inc. v. Local 8-74, Affiliated With the Oil, Chemical and Atomic Workers International Union

OPINION OF THE COURT PER CURIAM:

Local 8-74 (the Union) appeals from a final order of the district court vacating an arbitration award. This court has jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291 (1976).

I

Labor relations between appellee ArcoPolymers, Inc. (the Company) and the Union were governed by a collective bargaining agreement that provided: (1) “Employees absent from work without good and sufficient cause for more than four (4) consecutive days shall be subject to discharge” (article XXVI, section B(l)); and (2) “Em ployees shall be discharged only for just cause” (article XVI, section J(l)). On…