San Diego District Council of Carpenters v. Wood, Wire & Metal Lathers Union Local 260

This appeal is from an order granting a petition to vacate an arbitration award and denying a counter-petition to confirm the award.

Robert Ek, one of the respondents on appeal, was a contractor in the construction industry; was an employer-party to a collective bargaining agreement between the San Diego Lathing Contractors, and the Wood, Wire and Metal Lathers International Union, Local 260, one of the appellants herein; *685 also was an employer-party to a collective bargaining agreement between the Gypsum Drywall Contractors of California and Carpenters Councils and Carpenters Local Unions, including the San Diego District Council of Carpenters, also one of the respondents herein; and assigned members of the Carpenters Union work concerning the construction of walls and ceilings, as part of two construction jobs, of a type subject to the provisions of both collective bargaining agreements. The Carpenters Union described the work as “Sheet Rock” work, and the Lathers Union described it as “Tufcon” work. The work consisted of the installation of panels of plaster base material, taking the place of standard wood lath or conventional plaster board. The panels consisted of a…