Marine Engineers' Beneficial Assoc. v. Eco-Alpha Environmental and Engineering Services, Inc.
Opinion
trial_court Opinion
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 MARINE ENGINEERS’ BENEFICIAL No. 2:24-cv-02937-DJC-CSK
ASSOCIATION, AFL-CIO, DISTRICT
12 No. 1-PCD, 13 Plaintiff, ORDER
14 v.
15 ECO-ALPHA ENVIRONMENTAL AND
ENGINEERING SERVICES, INC.,
16 Defendants. 17 18 This case concerns a collective-bargaining agreement between Plaintiff Marine 19 Engineers’ Beneficial Association (“MEBA”) and Defendant Eco-Alpha Environmental 20 and Engineering Services, Inc. (“Eco-Alpha”). Plaintiff alleges that this agreement 21 governs Defendant’s failure to renegotiate certain terms following the extension of a 22 contract between Defendant and the State of California, which Defendant denies. The 23 Court finds that the Federal Arbitration Act provides the framework for interpreting 24 the agreement, and that the agreement expressly requires the parties to arbitrate 25 disagreements about its applicability. Accordingly, the Court hereby DENIES 26 Defendant’s Motion to Dismiss (ECF No. 11, hereinafter “Mot.”). 27 //// 28 //// 1 FACTS 2 …