Article XXVI of the 2009 collective bargaining agreement (CBA) between plaintiffs' union and defendant employer mandated arbitration for a "grievance," defined as "a dispute arising ... concerning an alleged breach of a specific term of this agreement." Statutory wage claims such as those asserted by plaintiffs here arise independently of any collective bargaining agreement and are therefore not "grievances" as defined by the CBA, and thus are not subject to arbitration pursuant...
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