Local Div. No. 714, Amalgamated Transit Union v. Greater Portland Transit District of Portland

LEVIN H. CAMPBELL, Circuit Judge.

This appeal concerns an action brought in the District Court for the District of Maine by Local Division 714, Amalgamated Transit Union (the Union) seeking a declaratory judgment and injunction against the Greater Portland Transit District (the District) for its refusal to submit the parties’ dispute regarding terms of a new collective bargaining agreement to binding arbitration. Arbitration of the terms of a new contract — known as “interest arbitration” — is alleged to be required by an agreement the parties entered into pursuant to § 13(c). of the Urban…