Case: Labor Arbitration/Work Schedules (Arb.)

Arbitrator Freeman R. Bosley ruled that Sysco St. Louis, a food distributor to restaurants, schools and entertainment venues, violated the provision in the parties CBA guaranteeing a 40-hour week for employees hired before April 30, 1993—when the parties’ first contract was executed—by scheduling the grievant and any other employees in that group for 32 hours for the weeks of March 20 and April 6, 13 and 20 in response to the downturn in business due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The language appearing after this weekly guarantee excusing a daily work guarantee unless the lack of work was the result of ...