In re the Arbitration between Fischer & Queens Telephone Secretary, Inc.

The issue on this appeal is whether there is sufficient evidence of partiality and misconduct by the arbitrator to warrant vacating the arbitration award.

The underlying dispute originated from a grievance by the union involving a breach of the collective bargaining agreement relating to rest periods for telephone switchboard employees on the nighttime shift. The contract required that employees who worked five or more hours per day, evening or night, were to receive 30 minutes per day as either paid lunch or rest. The employer took the position that relief time need not be paid to the…