Laborers' International Union of North America, Local Union No. 309, Afl-Cio v. W. W. Bennett Construction Company, Inc.

HARLINGTON WOOD, Jr., Circuit Judge.

Plaintiff-appellee Laborers’ International Union of North America, Local 309 (Laborers), brought suit under § 301 of the Labor Management Relations Act, 29 U.S.C. § 185, for specific performance of the arbitration clause in its collective bargaining agreement with defendant-appellant W. W. Bennett Construction Co. (Bennett). The district court entered summary judgment for Laborers, and this appeal followed. We affirm.

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Bennett was the general contractor on a construction project in Rock Island, Illinois, known as the Friendship Manor Project. At that time,…