MATTER OF WYANDANCH UNION FREE SCH. DIST. v. Wyandanch Teachers Ass'n
Cases that cite this one
34 later published cases cite this decision. The 25 that cite it most often are listed here.
- Raines v. Independent School District No. 6 of Craig County (Okla. 1990)
- In re the Arbitration Between Board of Education of Watertown City School District & Watertown Education Ass'n (N.Y. 1999)
- Niles Edn. Assn. v. Niles City School Dist. Bd. of Edn. (Ohio Ct. App. 2020)
- Merrick Union Free School District v. Merrick Faculty Ass'n (Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York 2011)
- Meehan v. Nassau Community College (Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York 1998)
- Meehan v. Nassau Community College (Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York 1998)
- Board of Education v. Port Jefferson Teachers' Ass'n (Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York 1997)
- Board of Education of Plainedge Union Free School District v. Plainedge Federation of Teachers (Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York 1996)
- Board of Education of Plainedge Union Free School District v. Plainedge Federation of Teachers (Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York 1996)
- Meehan v. Nassau Community College (Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York 1996)
- Sasso v. City of Yonkers (Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York 1995)
- In re the Arbitration between City of Gloversville & Civil Service Employees Ass'n (Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York 1994)
- MATTER OF BD. OF EDUC. OF THE WATERTOWN CITY SCH. DIST. v. Watertown Educ. Ass'n (N.Y. 1989)
- Board of Education of Watertown City School District v. Watertown Education Ass'n (N.Y. 1989)
- Board of Education v. O'Rourke (Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York 1988)
- Incorporated Village of Lake Grove v. Civil Service Employees Ass'n (Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York 1986)
- City of Canandaigua v. Communications Workers of America (Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York 1984)
- Board of Cooperative Educational Services of Nassau County v. Central Council of Teachers (Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York 1983)
- In re the Arbitration between Onteora Central School District & Onteora Non-Teaching Employees Ass'n (N.Y. 1982)
- County of Albany v. AFSCME, N. Y. Council 82, Albany County Local 775 (Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York 1982)
- Board of Education v. West Babylon Teachers Ass'n (N.Y. 1981)
- Board of Education v. Glaubman (N.Y. 1981)
- In re the Arbitration between Nyack Board of Education & Nyack Teachers Ass'n (Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York 1981)
- BD. OF EDUC., MT. SINAI UNION FREE SCH. DIST. v. New York State United Teachers (N.Y. 1980)
- BD. OF EDUC., LAKELAND CENT. SCH. DIST. OF SHRUB OAK v. Barni (N.Y. 1980)
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Opinion
OPINION OF THE COURT
Memorandum.
The order of the Appellate Division should be modified, with costs to the Wyandanch Teachers Association, to the extent of denying a stay of arbitration as to both grievances.
As this court recently has indicated, public policy may not be invoked in every instance where arbitration of a collective bargaining agreement threatens to encroach upon the management prerogatives of a school board (Mineola Union Free School Dist. v Mineola Teachers Assn., 46 NY2d 568, 571; Matter of Port Jefferson Sta. Teachers Assn., v Brookhaven-Comsewogue Union Free School Dist., 45 NY2d 898, 899). Thus, the Appellate Division properly refused to stay arbitration of the first grievance in the demand dated November 14, 1977, which relates to the board’s alleged *671 failure to submit a change in educational policy to an advisory professional council for its recommendations (Matter of Port Jefferson Sta. Teachers Assn. v Brookhaven-Comsewogue Union Free School Dist., supra, at p 899).
The Appellate Division erred, however, by staying arbitration of the third grievance in the demand dated November 23, 1977. In that claim, the association averred that certain duties were imposed upon teachers in contravention of article III (subd E, par [1]) of the collective bargaining agreement. The board resists arbitration, contending that the dispute is without the ambit of the arbitration clause. Inasmuch as the clause triggering arbitration is unambiguous, extending to all controversies "affecting the meaning, interpretation or application of’ the agreement, and the association’s grievance is premised upon a specific provision of the contract, we must conclude that the parties agreed to refer their differences in this area to arbitration (Mineola Union Free School Dist. v Mineola Teachers Assn., supra, at p 572; Matter of Acting Supt. of Schools of Liverpool Cent. School Dist. [United Liverpool Faculty Assn.],. 42 NY2d 509, 513-514). That the substantive provisions of the contract which are the subject of the grievance may be ambiguous does not serve to bar arbitration. It is a function of the arbitrator, and not the courts, to resolve any uncertainty as to those substantive rights and obligations of the parties.
Chief Judge Cooke and Judges Jasen, Gabrielli, Jones, Wachtler, Fuchsberg and Meyer concur.
Order modified, with costs to Wyandanch Teachers Association, in accordance with the memorandum herein and, as so modified, affirmed.
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