Bricklayers and Allied Crafts Union, Local No. 4 of Minnesota, Afl-Cio v. Associated General Contractors of Minnesota

HANSON,

Senior District Judge.

The issue in this case is whether a mid-contract wage dispute which arose pursuant to the “Wage Opener” provision in a collective bargaining agreement is subject to arbitration. The district court 1 granted the Union’s motion for summary judgment and ordered the Employer to binding arbitration over the wage dispute. We affirm.

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On January 9, 1982, the Bricklayers and Allied Crafts Union of Minnesota and the Associated General Contractors of Minnesota reached a collective bargaining agreement. Salient clauses of the agreement for purposes of this appeal are the…