Marine Engineers' Beneficial Assoc. v. Eco-Alpha Environmental and Engineering Services, Inc.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 MARINE ENGINEERS’ BENEFICIAL No. 2:24-cv-02937-DJC-CSK

ASSOCIATION, AFL-CIO, DISTRICT

No. 1-PCD, Plaintiff, ORDER

v.

ECO-ALPHA ENVIRONMENTAL AND

ENGINEERING SERVICES, INC.,

16 Defendants. 17 This case concerns a collective-bargaining agreement between Plaintiff Marine Engineers’ Beneficial Association (“MEBA”) and Defendant Eco-Alpha Environmental and Engineering Services, Inc. (“Eco-Alpha”). Plaintiff alleges that this agreement governs Defendant’s failure to renegotiate certain terms following the extension of a contract between Defendant and the State of California, which Defendant denies. The Court finds that the Federal Arbitration Act provides the framework for interpreting the agreement, and that the agreement expressly requires the parties to arbitrate disagreements about its applicability. Accordingly, the Court hereby DENIES Defendant’s Motion to Dismiss (ECF No. 11, hereinafter “Mot.”). //// //// FACTS …