National Postal Mail Handlers Union v. American Postal Workers Union

Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge KAVANAUGH, with whom Circuit Judge GRIFFITH joins.

Dissenting Opinion filed by Chief Judge SENTELLE.

KAVANAUGH, Circuit Judge:

This is an arbitration case. Two unions of postal workers — the American Postal Workers Union and the National Postal Mail Handlers Union — disagreed over which union was entitled to perform certain work at a U.S. Postal Service facility in Oakland. The Postal Service assigned the tasks to NPMHU’s mail handlers. According to APWU, that assignment contravened a 1979 Postal Service directive regarding allocation of work. APWU…