Questions of arbitrability must be addressed with a healthy regard for the federal policy favoring arbitration. Any doubts concerning the scope of arbitrable issues should be resolved in favor of arbitration, whether the problem at hand is the construction of the contract language itself or an allegation of waiver. Nevertheless, a party may not be compelled to arbitrate a grievance unless he has agreed to do so. Fleet Tire Serv. Implement Workers of Am.
Arbitration is simply a matter of contract between the parties.
The question of whether a dispute should be submitted to arbitration is a matter of contract construction. International Union , supra . The same rules of construction and interpretation apply to arbitration agreements as apply to agreements generally. Co., Inc. v. Therefore, we should seek to give effect to the intent of the parties as evidenced by the arbitration agreement itself, with doubts and ambiguities being resolved in favor of arbitration.