John Green v. Los Angeles Stereotypers Union No. 58

356 F.2d 473 John GREEN, in his own behalf and in behalf of other persons similarly situated, Appellant, v. LOS ANGELES STEREOTYPERS UNION NO. 58, INTERNATIONAL STEREOTYPERS AND ELECTROTYPERS UNION OF NORTH AMERICA and Hearst Publishing Company, Inc., Appellees. No. 20036. United States Court of Appeals Ninth Circuit. Feb. 17, 1966. Weitkamp, Riddle & Bedrosian, Lawson Riddle, Granada Hills, Cal., for appellant. Bodle & Fogel, George E. Bodle, Stephen Reinhardt, Flint & MacKay, Edward L. Compton, John J. Waller, Los Angeles, Cal., for appellees. Before JERTBERG and MERRILL, Circuit Judges, and TAVARES, District judge. MERRILL, Circuit Judge: 1 Appellants are twenty-four members of the local stereotypers' union of Los Angeles 1 who dispute the manner of determining seniority and priority upon which the local union (their bargaining representative) and their employer 2 have agreed. By this action they seek a declaration of their rights contrary to the agreement and an injunction against violation of those rights. 2 Prior to 1962 the employer had published two newspapers: The Los Angeles Examiner and the Los Angeles Herald-Express. Its employees who were represented by…