Hudson Wire Co. v. Winsted Brass Workers Union, Local 1603, International Union of United Automobile Workers of America

This action was brought pursuant to General Statutes § 52-418 to vacate an arbitration award rendered on a union grievance which, over the company’s protest that the grievance was not arbitrable, had been submitted to an arbitrator designated in the compulsory arbitration clause of the parties’ collective bargaining agreement. The trial court held that the grievance was not arbitrable and rendered judgment for the company. The union has appealed.

The facts may be stated in summary as follows: On January 20, 1959, the company and the union entered into a collective bargaining agreement which…