Pocketbook Workers Union, Local 1 v. Centra Leather Goods Corp.

The motion and cross motion, the former to confirm and the latter to vacate the award of an arbitrator, reveal some trivial and certain very important questions. It would be simple to dispose of the former variety first. Objection is made to the award in that the complete machinery of adjustment was not exhausted prior to demanding arbitration. The occasion of the dispute was whether respondent was in fact removing its plant from New York City to Oklahoma. The omission complained of was that this question was not first taken up on the shop steward level. Obviously this objection lacks…