January 20, 2023
An American Electric Power subsidiary lost its bid to vacate an arbitration award over a job transfer dispute with a union, a West Virginia federal judge ruled Friday, saying the award "was not some lark" after the company claimed the arbitrator "took off on a voyage to Mars."
December 21, 2022
An American Electric Power subsidiary said an arbitrator "took off on a voyage to Mars" in the company's challenge to a utility union's support of an award over a job transfer spat, telling a federal judge that "an unusually strong management rights clause" limited the arbitrator's power.
November 22, 2022
A Utility Workers Union of America local challenged an American Electric Power subsidiary's attempt to vacate an arbitration award in West Virginia federal court over a job transfer spat, saying the arbitrator correctly applied the parties' collective bargaining agreement to conclude the company had breached the contract.