General Telephone Co. V. Communications Workers Of America

Defendant, Communications Workers of America, AFL-CIO (Union), appealed a judgment rendered in the District Court confirming in part and vacating in part an arbitrator's award. The record reflects that the Union filed a grievance on behalf of John Evans, an employee of plaintiff, General Telephone Co. of Ohio since November 16, 1970. At this time, Evans was assigned to the reporting center, a telephone exchange, in Gibsonburg, Ohio. Until May 30, 1975, Evans was allowed to report each morning by placing a telephone call from Bloomville, Ohio, where he resided, rather than physically reporting in person to Gibsonburg. Effective May 30, 1975, however, the plaintiff Company changed this policy and required that he physically report each morning in Gibsonburg.