City of Boynton Beach v. Taylor

The City of Boynton Beach (the City”) appeals a non-final order compelling it to arbitrate the grievance of its former employee, Patrick Taylor, pursuant to the grievance procedure set out in the collective bargaining agreement (the “CBA”) between the City and Taylor’s Union. The dispositive issue is whether the grievance procedure of the CBA retains in the Union contractual control over the arbitral step or whether it allows the grievant to request arbitration independent of the Union. Because we determine that the griev-*1040anee procedure retains in the Union contractual control over the…