Scope clause does not cover work at new lines

The union bargained a memo of agreement that expanded the scope clause to cover the removal of equipment to a new site. When the company lost the old equipment in a fire and established new lines at the second plant, the arbitrator found that the memo did not cover work, only equipment.

Following a fire that completely destroyed a boneless ham processing plant, the employer later set up a new ham-boning production line at another of its facilities. The union said its collective agreement with the employer covered the work on the new production line at the employer’s alternate facility.

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