Restructuring – or getting approval to reject – its contracts with nine labor unions is a key to the Chapter 11 petition filed today by The Greenbrier. That is evident in an affidvait filed in the bankruptcy by Michael McGovern, chief financial officer of Greenbrier Hotel Corp., which also makes it clear that finding a [...]
Greenbrier wants out of labor contracts
March 19th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Virginia Legal News Stories
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Poor English no bar to arbitration
May 4th, 2007 · Comments Off · 4th Circuit, Civil Cases
Poor English skills did not keep two Hispanic union members from being bound by their union contract’s mandatory arbitration clause for complaints of discrimination, the 4th Circuit ruled yesterday in Aleman v. Chugach Support Services (VLW 007-2-070). The two Hispanic members of a D.C.-area carpenters’ union worked for Chugach Support Services, a construction company that [...]
