City of Galveston v. Galveston Municipal Police Ass'n

OPINION

WITTIG, Justice.

This is an appeal from the trial court’s arbitration order. There was an arbitration requirement in a collective bargaining agreement (“CBA”) between the Galveston Municipal Police Association (“GMPA”) and the City of Galveston. Appellee Wilson, a current member of the Galveston Police Department (“GPD”), and appellee Grove, a retired member of GPD, grieved the City of Galveston (“the City”) for changes it made in health insurance benefits. After efforts to resolve the grievances failed, appellees invoked the arbitration provision in the CBA, which the City refused. We…