Jersey Central Power & Light Co. v. LOCAL UNION NO. 1289 OF INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF ELECTRICAL WORKERS

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Weiftraub, C. J.

Plaintiff (herein the Company) sued to compel defendants (herein the Union) to arbitrate a dis pute under the collective bargaining agreement between them. The trial court entered judgment for the Union. We certified the Company’s appeal before the Appellate Division considered it.

For a number of years the parties disagreed upon whether under their agreements the Company had the right on a permanent basis to change the work schedules of men required for maintenance work in its power plants, so as to assign them for work at times other…