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2009-12-23 |
BRION, J. |
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| From this perspective, the voluntary arbitration submission covers matters affecting third parties who are not parties to the voluntary arbitration and over whom the voluntary arbitrator has no jurisdiction; thus, the voluntary arbitration ruling cannot bind them.[23] While they may voluntarily join the voluntary arbitration process as parties, no such voluntary submission appears in the record and we cannot presume that one exists. Thus, the voluntary arbitration process and ruling can only be recognized as valid between its immediate parties as a case arising from their collective bargaining agreement. This limited scope, of course, poses no problem as the forwarders and their employees are not indispensable parties and the case is not mooted by their absence. Our ruling will fully bind the immediate parties and shall fully apply to, and clarify the terms of, their relationship, particularly the interpretation and enforcement of the CBA provisions pertinent to the arbitrated issues. | |||||