International Union, United Automobile Workers v. Young Radiator Co.

CUMMINGS, Circuit Judge.

In May 1987 plaintiffs International Union (UAW) and its Local Union 1262 filed a complaint against Young Radiator Company pursuant to Section 301 of the Labor Management Relations Act (29 U.S.C. § 185). The first count sought to compel arbitration of two grievances which accrued during the existence of a collective bargaining agreement between plaintiffs and Young governing employees at Young’s former Mattoon, Illinois, plant. That agreement provided that any grievance might be taken to arbitration. Young refused arbitration on February 27, 1987, on the ground that…