Professional Porter & Window Cleaning Co., Division of Propoco, Inc.

22 Cited authorities

Steelworkers v. Warrior Gulf Co.
363 U.S. 574 (1960) Cited 5,614 times 6 Legal Analyses
Holding that grievance machinery “is at the very heart of the system of industrial self-government” and the courts should not deny an order to arbitrate “unless it may be said with positive assurance that the arbitration clause is not susceptible of an interpretation that covers the asserted dispute”
Steelworkers v. Am. Mfg. Co.
363 U.S. 564 (1960) Cited 2,229 times 1 Legal Analyses
Holding that because the parties bargained for the “arbitrator's judgment,” the underlying “question of contract interpretation” is for the arbitrator, and the courts have “no business weighing the merits of the grievance”
Boys Markets v. Clerks Union
398 U.S. 235 (1970) Cited 856 times 2 Legal Analyses
Holding that the Norris–LaGuardia Act's anti-injunction provisions do not bar enforcement of arbitration agreements
Gateway Coal Co. v. Mine Workers
414 U.S. 368 (1974) Cited 369 times 1 Legal Analyses
Finding that contractual agreement to submit disagreements to binding arbitration included disputes over safety and thus gave rise to implied obligation not to strike over such disputes
Carey v. Westinghouse Corp.
375 U.S. 261 (1964) Cited 365 times
Holding that Section 301 gives a federal court jurisdiction over a suit to enforce an arbitration clause in a collective bargaining agreement even if the case is "truly a representation case" that could also be heard by the NLRB under Section 9 of the NLRA
Labor Board v. Electrical Workers
346 U.S. 464 (1953) Cited 125 times 41 Legal Analyses
Upholding discharge where employees publicly disparaged quality of employer's product, with no discernible relationship to pending labor dispute
Edna H. Pagel, Inc. v. Teamsters Local Union 595
667 F.2d 1275 (9th Cir. 1982) Cited 37 times
Holding NLRB's refusal to issue a complaint does not bar Union from seeking relief through arbitration
Nat'l Labor Relations Bd. v. Pincus Bros.
620 F.2d 367 (3d Cir. 1980) Cited 36 times
In Pincus Brothers, the Third Circuit merely concluded that, under the particular facts of that case, it was "at least arguable" that the employee published a defamatory statement known to be false.
I. U. of E., R. M. v. Gen. Elec
407 F.2d 253 (2d Cir. 1968) Cited 53 times
In IUE v. General Electric Co., 407 F.2d 253 (2d Cir. 1968), cert. denied, 395 U.S. 904, 89 S.Ct. 1742, 23 L.Ed.2d 217 (1969), the court noted that the parties extensively revised the language in the arbitration clause in the wake of the Steelworkers trilogy, drawing up exclusionary clauses sk elaborate that the court likened them to a "trust indenture."
Stephenson v. N.L.R.B
550 F.2d 535 (9th Cir. 1977) Cited 30 times
In Stephenson v. N.L.R.B., 550 F.2d 535 (9th Cir. 1977), this court also expressly rejected Electronic Reproduction, finding it an "unjustifiable extension" of the Board's deferral policy.

Professional Porter & Window Cleaning Co., Division of Propoco, Inc.

22 Cited authorities

Holding that because the parties bargained for the “arbitrator's judgment,” the underlying “question of contract interpretation” is for the arbitrator, and the courts have “no business weighing the merits of the grievance”

Holding that the Norris–LaGuardia Act's anti-injunction provisions do not bar enforcement of arbitration agreements

Finding that contractual agreement to submit disagreements to binding arbitration included disputes over safety and thus gave rise to implied obligation not to strike over such disputes

Holding that Section 301 gives a federal court jurisdiction over a suit to enforce an arbitration clause in a collective bargaining agreement even if the case is "truly a representation case" that could also be heard by the NLRB under Section 9 of the NLRA

Upholding discharge where employees publicly disparaged quality of employer's product, with no discernible relationship to pending labor dispute

Holding NLRB's refusal to issue a complaint does not bar Union from seeking relief through arbitration

In Pincus Brothers, the Third Circuit merely concluded that, under the particular facts of that case, it was "at least arguable" that the employee published a defamatory statement known to be false.

In Stephenson v. N.L.R.B., 550 F.2d 535 (9th Cir. 1977), this court also expressly rejected Electronic Reproduction, finding it an "unjustifiable extension" of the Board's deferral policy.