Public Service Company of Colorado v. International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Local Union No. III

This case involves an appeal from an arbitration award in a labor dispute over the assignment of work for janitorial services. The issue submitted to the tripartite board of arbitration was: “Did the Company violate the Collective Bargaining Agreement when the Company sub-contracted work of Custodians to non-bargaining unit employees at the Materials Distribution Center Facility? If so, what is the appropriate remedy?” Record, vol. 2, doc. 1, at 2.

The board sustained the union’s grievance and directed the company to use bargaining unit personnel to perform all custodial work at the MDC…