UNITED STEELWORKERS v. MEAD CORP.

No. 93-5096.

21 F.3d 128 (1994)

UNITED STEELWORKERS OF AMERICA, for itself and on behalf of Local 12943, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. The MEAD CORPORATION, FINE PAPER DIVISION, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided April 11, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rudolph L. Milasich (argued and briefed), United Steelworkers of America, Pittsburgh, PA, Samuel H. Heldman, Cooper, Mitch, Crawford, Kuykendall & Whatley, Birmingham, AL, for plaintiff-appellant.

William C. Bovender (argued and briefed), Hunter, Smith & Davis, Kingsport, TN, Stephen M. Darden (briefed), Hunter, Smith & Davis, Johnson City, TN, for defendant-appellee.

Before: MARTIN, RYAN, and SUHRHEINRICH, Circuit Judges.


BOYCE F. MARTIN, Jr., Circuit Judge.

The United Steelworkers of America filed a grievance alleging that The Mead Corporation's retirement incentive program violated the collective bargaining agreement between the Union and the Company. The Union now appeals the district court's order finding the grievance not subject to arbitration and thus refusing to compel arbitration. For the following reasons, we reverse the judgment of the district court.

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