April 26, 2022
An arbitrator was right to reinstate a chemical plant worker fired for causing a chemical release, a Texas federal judge ruled, finding the plant had just cause to discipline, not fire, the worker and shutting down the company's argument that the arbitrator's decision was contradictory.
March 15, 2022
A United Steelworkers local asked a Texas federal judge Tuesday to enforce an order for a chemical manufacturing company to reinstate an ex-employee, saying an arbitrator correctly deemed the firing unjustified based on the company's method of investigating the former worker's conduct.
November 16, 2021
A chemical manufacturer has asked a Texas federal court to overturn an arbitrator's order for the company to reinstate a former employee, saying the arbitrator doesn't have the authority to modify the company's decision to fire the worker last year.