Laborers International Union Local 252 v. Town Concrete Pipe of Washington, Inc.

FLETCHER, Circuit Judge:

Laborers International Union Local 252 (Local 252) appeals from the district court’s grant of summary judgment to Town Concrete Pipe of Washington, Inc. (Town Concrete), in the Local’s section 301 suit to compel arbitration. 29 U.S.C. § 185.

FACTS

Local 252 and Town Concrete are parties to a collective bargaining agreement containing a mandatory grievance-and-arbitration procedure covering questions of contract interpretation. The contract contains a provision for an automatic cost-of-living increase, the size of which was to be based on the Bureau of Labor Statistics’…