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
574 U.S. 427 (2015) Cited 203 times 35 Legal Analyses
Holding the Court interprets collective bargaining agreements "according to ordinary principles of contract law," as long as "those principles are not inconsistent with federal labor policy " (citing Lincoln Mills , 353 U.S. at 456–457, 77 S.Ct. 912 )
369 U.S. 736 (1962) Cited 710 times 29 Legal Analyses
Holding that "an employer's unilateral change in conditions of employment under negotiation" is a violation of the National Labor Relations Act because "it is a circumvention of the duty to negotiate"
Holding that the NLRB has the authority to interpret CBAs in the first instance where its interpretation is for the purpose of “enforc[ing] a statutory right which Congress considered necessary to allow labor and management to get on with the process of reaching fair terms and conditions of employment”