Court Opinion

ID: 9794765
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-31 03:11:18.239057+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T08:19:56.618250
License: Public Domain

Fatzer, J.,
dissenting: I concur in the dissenting opinion of Justice Price, but I would add that the established rule of this jurisdiction is that the intention of the parties and the meaning of a contract are to be deduced from the instrument when its terms are plain and unambiguous (Anderson v. Rexroad, 175 Kan. 676, 679, 266 P. 2d 320). In my judgment there is nothing ambiguous in § 8 (b) of the subject collective bargaining agreement set forth in the majority opinion. It is evident the employer and the labor organization each intended to establish special allowances for employees assigned to bonus operations, but the unambiguous language of the contract expressly provided that those allowances would be made “at the base rate of the job.” The award of the Arbitration Board purports to alter the express terms of the agreement; consequently, I would affirm the judgment.