Division 1223 of Amalgamated Ass'n of Street v. Council of Western Greyhound Amalgamated Divisions
Opinion
lead Opinion
Ageeplaintiff, J.
appeals from the judgment of the superior court denying its petition to vacate an award made in a labor dispute arbitration proceeding (Code Civ. Proc., § 1285). The other three parties to the arbitration appear as the respondents herein.
Respondent Western Greyhound Lines (the “Company”) operates a public transportation system in the western United States. Its nonsupervisory employees are members of Amalgamated Association of Street, Electric Railway and Motor Coach Employees of America, AFL-CIO.
Appellant is one of the seven local unions of Amalgamated which collectively service the entire area in which the Company operates. Their respective jurisdictional districts are *254 generally coextensive with the Company’s operating divisions. Local 1223 (appellant) services operating Division 2 (Arizona Division) and respondent Local 1222 services operating Division 3 (Coast Division).
Respondent Council of Western Greyhound Amalgamated Divisions is composed of the seven local unions referred to above and acts as their exclusive bargaining agent.
The Council and the Company executed a collective bargaining agreement on May 1, 1958, covering the period of March 1, 1958, to and…