Id. at 200, 215, 430 A.2d 214. Appellants reliance on Allwood Plumbing Heating Co., Inc. v. Local Union 274, 199 N.J. Super. 517, 489 A.2d 1243 (App.Div. 198 5), to support their assertion the trial court lacked jurisdiction to consider disqualification of a party-appointed arbitrator prior to completion of the arbitration is misplaced. In Allwood Plumbing, we determined plaintiff was not entitled to pre-arbitration relief under the particular facts before us.

It is also well settled that New Jersey courts will apply federal substantive law when deciding a labor arbitration issue. Allwood Plumbing Heating v. Local Union 274, 199 N.J. Super. 517, 521, 489 A.2d 1243 (App.Div. 1985). Based on the federal standard, a union may not be denied the right to arbitrate "unless it may be said with positive assurance that the arbitration clause is not susceptible of an interpretation that covers the asserted dispute."