In Re the Arbitration of the Typo-Publishers Outside Tape Fund

OPINION

TYLER, District Judge.

This litigation arises from a proposal of the union trustees of the Typo-Publishers Outside Tape Fund (the “Fund”) to utilize Fund assets to the benefit of union members not employed by publishers contributing to the Fund. The trustees representing the contributing publisher employers opposed this proposal, and, pursuant to the trust agreement, the issue was submitted to arbitration. The arbitrator found that under the collective bargaining and trust agreements, Fund assets could be used to provide benefits to union members employed by publishers who had never…