Opinion ID: 2973339
Heading Depth: 3
Heading Rank: 2

Heading: Terms of the CBA relevant to this appeal

Text: Three provisions of the CBA are relevant to this appeal. Article II, Section 2, which provides for Spero’s rulemaking authority, is the first relevant provision: The Company retains the sole and exclusive right to manage its operations, as well as to control the disposition and number of working forces it retains. The right to manage shall also include the authority to establish and amend from time to time all policies and procedures governing and affecting the operations of the plant so that it may be operated in a safe and efficient manner. The second relevant provision is Article I, Section 3, which governs modifications to the CBA: This Agreement shall be subject to amendment at any time by mutual consent of the parties hereto. Such amendment shall be reduced to writing, state the effective date of the amendment, be executed in the same manner as is this Agreement, and be approved by the INTERNATIONAL OFFICE of the Union. Finally, the scope of authority granted to the arbitrator is limited as provided in Article I, Section 6: Said Arbitrator, in any decision he renders, shall conform to and be strictly bound by the provisions of this Agreement. In rendering or reaching any such decision, he shall have no power to add to, subtract from, change or modify any provisions of this Agreement.