1st Circuit Sends Arbitrator Question In ERISA Pension Dispute Involving Union

Mealey's (July 1, 2022, 12:15 PM EDT) -- BOSTON — Reversing and remanding part of a decision against two unions in a case over whether disputes regarding a pension plan governed by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act are arbitrable, a First Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel on June 28 ruled that a threshold question must be decided by an arbitrator....