Service Employees International Union Service Employees International Union, Local 399 v. St. Vincent Medical Center Daughters of Charity Health Systems, Inc.

344 F.3d 977 Service Employees International Union; Service Employees International Union, Local 399, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. St. Vincent Medical Center; Daughters of Charity Health Systems, Inc., Defendants-Appellees. No. 02-56058. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted April 8, 2003. Filed September 19, 2003. Benjamin Sachs, Staff Attorney, SEIU, Washington, D.C., for the plaintiffs-appellants. Philip L. Ross, Littler Mendelson, PC, San Francisco, California, for the defendants-appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California; Manuel L. Real, District Judge, Presiding. D.C. No. CV-02-02740-R. Before PREGERSON, TASHIMA, and CLIFTON, Circuit Judges. OPINION PREGERSON, Circuit Judge. 1 At issue in this case is the arbitrability of alleged violations of an agreement between Plaintiffs Appellants Service Employees International Union ("SEIU") and Service Employees International Union, Local 399 ("SEIU Local 399") (collectively "the Union") and Defendants Appellees St. Vincent Medical Center and the Daughters of Charity Health Systems, Inc. ("DOCHS") (collectively "the Employer"). The National Labor Relations…