AMERICAN POSTAL WORKERS UNION, AFL-CIO v. RUNYON

No. 98-3289.

185 F.3d 832 (1999)

AMERICAN POSTAL WORKERS UNION, AFL-CIO, MILWAUKEE LOCAL, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Marvin T. RUNYON, Jr. and United States Postal Service, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided July 26, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alvin R. Ugent, Robert E. Haney (argued), Podell, Ugent & Cross, Milwaukee, WI, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Alice L. Covington (argued), United States Postal Service, Washington, DC, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before BAUER, COFFEY, and MANION, Circuit Judges.


MANION, Circuit Judge.

The parties submitted to an arbitrator a dispute about the Union members' right to unpaid vacation leave. The arbitrator sided with the United States Postal Service in holding that under the national agreement, the Postal Service may grant or deny unpaid vacation leave at its discretion. The Union asked the district court to vacate the arbitrator's decision, arguing that he had exceeded his authority. Finding that the arbitrator acted within...

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