501 U.S. 190 (1991) Cited 796 times 8 Legal Analyses
Holding that where a court must determine the validity of an arbitration agreement, it "cannot avoid that duty" just because the court must decide an issue on the merits
Holding that the remedy provided in §§ 515 and 502(g) "is limited to the collection of `promised contributions' and does not confer jurisdiction on district courts to determine whether an employer's unilateral decision to refuse to make post-contract contributions constitutes a violation of the NLRA."
In Cibao Meat Prods., Inc. v. Nat'l Labor Relations Bd., 547 F.3d 336 (2d Cir. 2008), the CBA expired and the employer unilaterally ceased paying into union fringe benefit funds established pursuant to the CBA and Declaration of Trust, which empowered the funds' Trustees to "modify, change, amend or terminate to any extent any or all of the terms and provisions" of the benefit funds plan.