Boeing Co. v. International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace & Agricultural Implement Workers

GRIM, District Judge.

This is an action by an employer under Section 301(a) of the Labor-Management Relations Act of 1947, 29 U.S.C.A. § 185(a), for a declaratory judgment that under the terms of the collective bargaining agreement with defendant unions, it was not obligated to arbitrate a dispute arising out of the employer’s decision to locate certain plastic production work at its plant in Wichita, Kansas, rather than at its plant in Morton, Pennsylvania.1

Defendant Unions have filed a counterclaim seeking to compel the employer to arbitrate this dispute. The case is presently before the…