Case: Labor Relations/Arbitration (W.D. Mo.)

A Missouri federal district court granted summary judgment to the International Brotherhood of Teamsters Local No. 838 on its petition to enforce an arbitration award under the Labor Management Relations Act, finding that the arbitrator’s decision that Unilever Manufacturing (US), Inc. lacked just cause to terminate a skilled operator for allegedly falsifying Family Medical Leave Act time records drew its essence from the collective bargaining agreement, and Unilever failed to establish any valid grounds to overturn the award.

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