Court Opinion

ID: 9462131
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-04 22:32:45.178936+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:37:25.230769
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FAIRCHILD, Chief Judge
(concurring).
I agree that the union’s complaint fails to state a claim for which relief may be granted. It is clear that a court should not consider a labor grievance presented it under § 301(a) of the Labor Management Relations Act which may be subject to arbitration “unless it may be said with positive assurance that the arbitration clause is not susceptible of an interpretation that covers the asserted dispute. Doubts should be resolved in favor of the coverage.” United Steelworkers of America v. Warrior and Gulf Navigation Co., 363 U.S. 574, 582-83, 80 S.Ct. 1347, 1353, 4 L.Ed.2d 1409 (1960). The underlying dispute presented in this case concerns the company’s alleged pattern and practice of intentional, bad faith violation of the recognition (subcontracting) and arbitration clauses of the collective bargaining agreement. The language of the contract, on its face, does not suggest that the arbitration process is unavailable to consider such a dispute or limit the remedies which the arbitrator could award. Under these circumstances, the dispute must be presented to arbitration. Thus, I would not, in this case, identify any additional requirements necessary for judicial relief.