Newark, NJ – A federal judge has refused to vacate an arbitration award favoring Local 53 of the Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers, and Grain Millers Union, shutting down Bimbo Bakeries USA’s effort to undo the ruling tied to the firing of a worker after a 2021 altercation at its Albany bread plant.

Arbitration battle over worker’s termination

Bimbo Bakeries, the U.S. arm of Mexico’s Grupo Bimbo, petitioned to overturn an award issued in a grievance dispute filed by Local 53 on behalf of former employee Tahir Khan. Khan was disciplined and terminated following a June 2021 fight with a co-worker. The union filed a grievance alleging improper discharge, which proceeded through arbitration.

The arbitrator sided with the union, finding the grievance properly before arbitration and conc

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