Madison Hotel v. Hotel and Restaurant Employees, Local 25, Afl-Cio

Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge RANDOLPH.

Opinion concurring in the judgment filed by Circuit Judge KAREN LeCRAFT HENDERSON.

*857RANDOLPH, Circuit Judge:

Hotel and Restaurant Employees, Local 25, AFL-CIO, appeals from the judgment of the district court vacating an arbitration award in Local 25’s favor. We reverse.

In July 1992, the Madison Hotel laid off its bus employees, abolished the bus employee classification, and reassigned the bus duties to the Hotel’s waiters. The layoff prompted a dispute with Local 25, the union representing the Hotel’s food and beverage employees. The dispute…