Felter v. Southern Pacific Company

256 F.2d 429 Marion S. FELTER, on behalf of himself and others similarly situated, Appellant, v. SOUTHERN PACIFIC COMPANY, a corporation; Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen, a voluntary association; J. J. Corcoran, as General Chairman, General Committee, Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen; J. E. Teague, as Secretary, General Committee, Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen, Appellees. No. 15644. United States Court of Appeals Ninth Circuit. May 12, 1958. Carroll, Davis, Burdick & McDonough, San Francisco, Cal., for appellant. A. Burton Mason, W. A. Gregory, H. S. Lentz, San Francisco, Cal., for Southern Pac. Co. Hildebrand, Bills & McLeod, D. W. Brobst, Oakland, for Brotherood of Railroad Trainmen. Before HEALY, FEE, and BARNES, Circuit Judges. HEALY, Circuit Judge. 1 The Railway Labor Act, 45 U.S.C.A. 152, grants the right of collective bargaining, the right of employees freely to join a recognized union, etc. Subsection 'Eleventh (b)' of 152, relevant here, provides, among other things, that any carrier and a labor organization shall be permitted 'to make agreements providing for the deduction by such carrier or carriers from the wages of its or their employees in a craft or…