Schlesinger v. Building Service Employees International Union, Local 252

OPINION

EDWARD R. BECKER, District Judge.

I. Preliminary Statement

This is a labor arbitration case which comes before us on cross motions for summary judgment. 1 The arbitrator awarded $29,500 in damages to the defendant Building Service Employees International Union, Local 252, AFL-CIO (Union). These damages resulted from the failure of the plaintiffs, a group of nursing home owners (Employers) whose employees were at one time represented by the Union, 2 to abide by a collective bargaining agreement. The facts are not in dispute. And. despite the ingenuity of Employers’ counsel, neither is…