Three 2021 Decisions Published

2020 was a slow year for me, as parties postponed arbitration due to the pandemic. In 2021, Zoom hearings became commonplace and my arbitration calendar filled up. Here are three contract case decisions that were recently published by Bloomberg BNA, with the permission of the parties. In the first, SSA Terminals - Machinists Lodge 190, I agree with the union’s interpretation of the CBA but find that it did not prove a violation. In the second decision, Cal State University Monterey Bay and Teamsters Local 2010, I partially uphold the union’s contracting out grievance, awarding back pay to a locksmith. The third decision is J&J Worldwide Services and Stationary Engineers Local 39. In this case, I reject the employer’s use of the severability clause in the contract to justify its violation of the CBA.