Sheet Metal Workers Local Union No. 20 v. Baylor Heating and Air Conditioning Inc‪.‬

WOOD, JR., Circuit Judge The parties to this labor dispute ask us to determine the validity of an interest arbitration clause in a prehire collective bargaining agreement. Involved are (1) the unilateral repudiation of a collective bargaining agreement, (2) unfair labor charges against the company, (3) arbitration, (4) an arbitration award against the company, (5) a federal suit to enforce the arbitration award, (6) unfair labor charges against the union, (7) an appeal by the company, (8) intervention on appeal by the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB or Board), and (9) a requested stay of this appeal. See 29 U.S.C. §§ 157-159, 185 (National Labor Relations Act (NLRA); Labor Management Relations Act of 1947 (LMRA)).1 The union invoked the district court's jurisdiction under § 301 of the LMRA. The district court enforced the collective bargaining agreement in favor of the union, and the company appeals. We previously granted the Board's motion to intervene. In order to resolve this dispute without further delay, we deny the Board's motion for a stay and decide the contractual issues raised by the parties. I. FACTUAL BACKGROUND