Cleveland Electric Illuminating Co. v. Utility Workers Union of America, Local 270

OPINION

LEON JORDAN, District Judge.

The Cleveland Electric Illuminating Company, FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company, and FirstEnergy Generation Corporation, the plaintiffs in this case, appeal the district court’s enforcement of the arbitrator’s determination that the grievance filed by defendant Utility Workers Union of America, Local 270, on behalf of retirees was arbitrable. The defendant cross-appeals the portion of the district court’s ruling requiring the retirees’ consent as a condition of representation. For the reasons that follow, we affirm the district court’s opinion.

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