Standard Drywall, Inc. v. Operative Plasterers' & Cement Masons' International Association, Local 200

PROCEEDINGS: ORDER DENYING MOTION TO STAY (IN CHAMBERS) (DOCKET # 25)

INTRODUCTION

On January 15, 2009, Plaintiffs Standard Drywall, Inc. (“SDI”), the Southwest Regional Council of Carpenters (“the Regional Council”), and the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America (“the UBC”) (collectively, “Plaintiffs”) filed this action against the Operative Plasterers’ and Cement Masons’ International Association, Local 200, AFL-CIO (“Local 200”) and Operative Plasterers’ and Cement Masons’ International Association of the United States and Canada, AFL-CIO (“OPCMIA”). A First Amended Complaint (“FAC”) was subsequently filed on January 29, 2009. The FAC seeks to vacate the January 22, 2009, award (“the arbitration award”) of arbitrator Paul Greenberg, rendered under the AFL-CIO Plan for the Settlement of Jurisdictional Disputes in the Construction Industry (“the Plan”). FAC1F1.

On March 5, 2009, Defendants filed a counterclaim seeking confirmation and enforcement of the arbitration award. On April 2, 2009, Defendants filed the instant motion seeking a stay of the instant proceedings pending the resolution of unfair labor practice proceedings before the National Labor…