Dist. Ct. erred in vacating arbitrator’s award in favor of defendant-union in grievance that challenged union member’s termination on ground that union member had violated plaintiff’s Workplace Violence Policy, where union member had made threatening remarks to his supervisor, and where plaintiff discovered firearm in union member’s car in plaintiff’s parking lot. Arbitrator, in vacating termination, found that while union member had violated plaintiff’s policy by bringing firearm to workplace, such policy could not be enforced, because it violated Illinois Concealed Carry statute, where union member possessed valid permit to carry said firearm. Moreover, while Dist. Ct. found that arbitrator could not resort to external law to resolve instant grievance, Ct. of Appeals, in reinstating arbitrator’s award, found that language in collective bargaining agreement allowed arbitrator to look to external law when interpreting collective bargaining agreement.
Federal 7th Circuit Court
Civil Court
Labor Law