Safeway Stores v. American Bakery and Confectionery Workers International Union, Local 111

JOHN R. BROWN, Chief Judge:

Again in the trilogy 1 fallout we are confronted with enforcement of arbitration agreements in collective bargaining contracts. Here it is not a question of ordering arbitration, for that has taken place. Rather, the question is one of judicial enforcement of the arbiter’s decision. The District Court enforced this award in the Union’s 2 favor. The Employer, 3 urging basically that the arbiter exceeded his powers by making an erroneous ruling, appeals. We agree with the Trial Court and affirm.

Considering that in dollars all that is at stake is an award of about…