Court Opinion

ID: 9431756
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-02 23:33:08.780079+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:23:30.019617
License: Public Domain

Justice White,
concurring.
I join the opinion and judgment of the Court. I add these remarks only to emphasize that the parties agree and the courts below held that giving physical examinations is a matter covered by an implied agreement between Conrail and the Union. The company claims that although instituting drug testing is a change in conditions, the implied contract authorizes the change. I agree that this claim has substance and that the dispute is a minor one for the Adjustment Board to resolve. If the Board decides that the company is wrong about its authority under the contract, the *321result will be that the company has sought a change in the contract without invoking the procedures applicable to major disputes.