Hartco Flooring Co. v. United Paperworkers

SUTTON, Circuit Judge.

Hartco Flooring Company challenges a district court decision upholding an arbitration award in favor of the United Paperworkers of America, Local 14597 and the United Steelworkers of America (collectively, “the union”). Because the arbitrator based its decision on a plausible interpretation of the collective bargaining agreement and the work and safety rales promulgated by Hartco under that agreement, we affirm.

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Hartco Flooring employed John Blevins and Gary Reagan in its factory in Oneida, Tennessee. Blevins drove a forklift; Reagan operated a foam machine. Hartco’s…