Laundry, Dry Cleaning and Dye House Workers International Union, Local 93, of Springfield, Missouri v. Robert M. Mahoney

HEANEY, Circuit Judge,

with whom LAY, BRIGHT and WEBSTER, Circuit Judges, join.

This matter comes before the Court en banc on a petition for rehearing. The sole issue is whether the trial court erred in requiring the parties to a collective bargaining agreement to submit a mid-contract wage dispute to binding arbitration.1

On August 8, 1968, the Union entered into a collective bargaining agreement with the then owner of the business. Article XX of the agreement provides:

Section 1. This agreement shall remain in full force and effect until August 8, 1973, and from year to year thereafter, unless…