Goss Golden West Sheet Metal, Inc. v. Sheet Metal Workers International Union, Local 104

Goss Golden West Sheet Metal, Inc. (“Goss”) appeals the district court’s order confirming two arbitration awards entered against Goss and in favor of appellee Sheet Metal Workers International Union, Local 104 (“the Union”). We affirm.

I.

Goss seeks to vacate two labor arbitration awards issued against it. The first award, referred to as the “DeMatteis Award,” stemmed from a May 23, 1988 decision by the Local Joint Adjustment Board (“LJAB”), holding that Goss employed Ronald DeMatteis from June 27, 1978 to May 23, 1986 to perform work covered by its collective bargaining agreements without informing the Union of De-Matteis’ employment and without making appropriate benefit trust fund contributions on DeMatteis’ behalf. The second award, referred to as the “Commercial Jobs Award,” stemmed from a June 16, 1988 decision by the LJAB holding that Goss improperly paid residential wage rates rather than building trades wage rates on fourteen commercial projects performed during the period from July 1983 through October 1987.

On October 19,1988, Goss filed in district court a Petition to Vacate Arbitration Awards. The Union responded on November 10,1988 by filing an Answer to Petition…