Is a unionized employee's right to strike an arbitrable issue?

A similar case, Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen of North America v. Cross Brothers Meat Packers, Inc., 518 F.2d 1113 (3d Cir. 1975), holds that employees' right to picket is an arbitrable issue where the collective bargaining agreement has expired and where the local union which represents them has no-strike and arbitration agreements with the common employer covering different bargaining units. This holding, which is opposed to Local 959's position, is grounded both on the particular agreement between the parties, and the court's limited role in reviewing an arbitrator's award.

As we have emphasized before, this court's function in reviewing an arbitrator's decision is limited, indeed: