University of Alaska v. Alaska Community Colleges' Federation of Teachers, Local 2404

OPINION

CARPENETI, Justice.

I. INTRODUCTION

The University of Alaska Anchorage granted pay increases to non-represented faculty members, but not to union members, to remedy perceived salary inequities. The union filed a grievance that progressed through arbitration. The arbitrator found that the university discriminated against union members by failing to include the members in the equity distributions. The university appealed to the superior court, which confirmed the arbitrator’s award. Because the arbitrator erred in his analysis of the nondiscrimination clause of the collective bargaining…