Los Angeles Newspaper Guild, Local 69 v. Hearst Corp.

MEMORANDUM OF OPINION AND ORDER

Petitioner, by this proceeding, seeks to vacate an arbitration award. Petitioner filed this action in the Superior Court of the State of California For the County of Los Angeles. Respondents removed the proceeding to this Court by invoking the original jurisdiction conferred by Section 301 of the Labor Management Relations Act of 1947, as amended, ( 29 U.S.C.A. § 185 (a)). [ 29 U.S.C.A. § 185 (a)].

After a trial before this Court the matter was ordered submitted.

The facts are as follows:

On January 28, 1966, the Los Angeles Newspaper Guild (Guild) entered into two collective bargaining agreements with the Hearst Corporation. Negotiations for a new collective bargaining agreement began on October 15, 1967. Failure to agree on a new contract precipitated a strike by the Guild commencing December 15, 1967. Shortly thereafter the Guild, on behalf of individual employees, demanded dismissal pay and alternative pay benefits under Articles IV and XI of the collective bargaining agreements.

Claiming that the collective bargaining agreement had been terminated due to the strike, Hearst refused payment. It is this refusal to pay that the Guild sought to…