Automobile Mechanics Local 701, International Association of MacHinists & Aerospace Workers, Afl-Cio v. Joe Mitchell Buick, Incorporated

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• contributions were owed to pension fund for the full duration of the employees unlawful discharge period
• “It is settled that arbitrators have discretion to decide whether lost earnings should be offset by interim earnings or a failure to mitigate”
• where employer did not raise the issue of interim earnings to the arbitrator, it “may not now contend that interim earnings should have been deducted from the award”
• cross motions for sanctions denied because arguments made were not “devoid of arguable merit”
• “It is settled that arbitrators have discretion to decide whether lost earnings should be offset by interim earnings or a failure to mitigate, so that their silence on such issues means that no such offsets are to be made.”
• “It is settled that arbitrators have discretion to decide whether lost earnings should be offset by 5 This is a common construction of sustaining awards. See, e.g., Smart Transp. Div. v. Ne. Ill. Reg’l Commuter R.R. Corp., 2015 WL 1593082, at (N.D. Ill. Apr. 6, 2015

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