August 03, 2021
A Pennsylvania federal judge on Tuesday rejected a valve maker's challenge to an arbitrator's order that it rehire a union worker who was fired for writing "F--- Sri Lanka" on his face mask after a spat with a colleague.
June 01, 2021
A United Steelworkers local urged a Pennsylvania federal judge on Tuesday to uphold an arbitrator's decision that an industrial valve manufacturer must rehire a worker who wrote "F--- Sri Lanka" on his face mask, saying the award does not conflict with public policy against workplace harassment.
April 12, 2021
An industrial valve manufacturer Monday urged a Pennsylvania federal judge to nix an arbitrator's decision that a worker who wrote "F--- Sri Lanka" on his face mask should be suspended rather than fired, saying that the award flew in the face of public policy.
January 15, 2021
An industrial valve manufacturer should be allowed to fire and not just suspend an employee who wrote "F--- Sri Lanka" on his face mask, the company has said in a lawsuit in Pennsylvania federal court challenging an arbitrator's decision granting the lesser punishment.