Court Opinion

ID: 9459037
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-04 21:08:40.944966+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:35:59.443252
License: Public Domain

McCREE, Circuit Judge
(concurring).
I agree that the clause prohibiting the transfer of work is not ambiguous insofar as it proscribes transfer to another General Electric plant. Accordingly, it was error to admit evidence of negotiation discussions and past practices to interpret this provision. However, I do not understand the majority opinion to hold that the meaning of the phrase “for the purpose of curtailing or reducing employment” is unambiguous. The meaning of this phrase, as well as the determination whether there was a causal relationship between the intracompany transfer and reduction of the work force at the Owensboro plant, are issues to be determined upon retrial.