Opinion ID: 212835
Heading Depth: 2
Heading Rank: 2

Heading: Awards to Funds Benefitting Union Members

Text: Merryman also challenges the decision by the joint committee to designate the awards to funds maintained by the union rather than to specific union members themselves. It argues that this is a violation of Article I, Section 11 of the collective bargaining agreement, in which the employer [a]grees to compensate the bargaining unit member who would have worked but for the Employer's violation of [the Assignment of Work] Section ... for all hours the bargaining unit member would have worked but for the Employer's violation. Once again, because this question involves an interpretation or application of the collective bargaining agreement, it is entrusted to the joint committee's binding final decision and not subject to our review. The parties agreed that the joint committee would have plenary power to resolve disputes arising under the collective bargaining agreement. The agreement does not limit the committee's authority to settle the dispute in any manner that it finds appropriate.