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· 2/2/1989

Georgia-Pacific Corporation v. Local 27, United Paperworkers International Union, Etc.

Citations

  • 864 F.2d 940
  • 1988 WL 141107

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • concluding that once the arbitrator found that the employee had committed an act of dishonesty for which the agreement imposed immediate discharge as a sanction, \the arbitrator was barred from further inquiry\
  • noting that “the paramount point to be remembered in labor arbitration is that the power and authority of an arbitrator is totally derived from the collective bargaining agreement”
  • involving a contract which provided that any \employee may be discharged for just cause” and then expressly listed dishonesty as \one of the causes for immediate discharge”
  • involving a contract which provided that any \employee may be discharged for just cause\ and then expressly listed dishonesty as \one of the causes for immediate discharge\
  • stating further that “the paramount point to be remembered in labor arbitration is that the power and authority of an arbitrator is totally derived from the collective bargaining agreement ... ”
  • arbitrator found that employee's claim that he was sick when he actually went to play golf constituted ''dishonesty''

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Judges: Coffin, Aldrich, Torruella

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