Chrysler Motors Corp. v. International Union, Allied Industrial Workers & Local 793

KANNE, Circuit Judge.

Ronald Gallenbeck was discharged from his position as a fork lift operator by Chrysler Motors Corporation after he sexually assaulted a female co-worker.1 Pursuant to Chrysler’s collective bargaining agreement with the International Union, Allied Industrial Workers of America, AFL-CIO, and its union local (the Union), the Union filed a grievance protesting Gal-lenbeck’s discharge. Chrysler denied the grievance and the matter proceeded to arbitration. The collective bargaining agreement provided that employees could be discharged for “just cause” and that the arbitrator…