Aluminum Company of America v. International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace and Agricultural Implement Workers of America, and Uaw Local 808

KENNEDY, Circuit Judge:

Appellants, International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace and Agricultural Implement Workers of America and U.A.W. Local 808 (hereinafter “the union”), appeal from the judgment of the United States District Court for the Central District of California, which held that a grievance concerning the fairness of an attendance control plan implemented by Aluminum Company of America (hereinafter “Alcoa” or “the company”) is not subject to arbitration under the terms of the collective bargaining agreement entered into between the parties. We affirm.

In the spring of 1974,…