UNITED MINE WORKERS v. BENEDICT COAL, 359 U.S. 905 (1959)
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UNITED MINE WORKERS v. BENEDICT COAL , 359 U.S. 905 (1959)359 U.S. 905
UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA et
al., petitioners,
v.
BENEDICT COAL CORPORATION.
No. 563.
Supreme Court of the United States
February 24, 1959
Messrs. Welly K. Hopkins, Harrison Combs, Willard P. Owens and M. E. Boiarsky, for petitioners.
Mr. Fred B. Greear, for respondent.
Petition for writ of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit granted limited to question 1 presented by the petition for the writ which reads as follows:
'1. Where (1) the settlement of
disputes section of collective bargaining agreements antedating
1950 provided that Mine Workers shall not engage in a work stoppage
pending settlement of disputes under grievance machinery procedures
and such agreements contained other 'no strike' clauses, and (2)
under the Labor Management Relations Act, 1947,4a the right to
strike became a bargainable subject, and (3) in 1950 UMW and coal
operators signatories to the National Bituminous Coal Wage
Agreement of 1950, deleted such clauses therefrom and expressly
covenanted that the 'no strike' clauses in prior agreements were
rescinded and made null and void, and (4) signatories to such 1950
Agreement covenanted that stoppages, as well as disputes, shall be
settled exclusively under grievance machinery procedures set forth
in such contract, is a stoppage of work pending settlement of a
dispute cognizable under the grievance machinery
Footnotes
4a The Labor Management Relations Act, 1947, is herein called the "
Act."[ United Mine Workers v. Benedict Coal 390 U.S. 905 (1959) ]
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v.
BENEDICT COAL CORPORATION.
No. 563. Supreme Court of the United States February 24, 1959 Messrs. Welly K. Hopkins, Harrison Combs, Willard P. Owens and M. E. Boiarsky, for petitioners. Mr. Fred B. Greear, for respondent. Petition for writ of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit granted limited to question 1 presented by the petition for the writ which reads as follows:
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UNITED MINE WORKERS v. BENEDICT COAL , 359 U.S. 905 (1959) 359 U.S. 905 UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA et al., petitioners,v.
BENEDICT COAL CORPORATION.
No. 563. Supreme Court of the United States February 24, 1959 Messrs. Welly K. Hopkins, Harrison Combs, Willard P. Owens and M. E. Boiarsky, for petitioners. Mr. Fred B. Greear, for respondent. Petition for writ of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit granted limited to question 1 presented by the petition for the writ which reads as follows:
'1. Where (1) the settlement of
disputes section of collective bargaining agreements antedating
1950 provided that Mine Workers shall not engage in a work stoppage
pending settlement of disputes under grievance machinery procedures
and such agreements contained other 'no strike' clauses, and (2)
under the Labor Management Relations Act, 1947,4a the right to
strike became a bargainable subject, and (3) in 1950 UMW and coal
operators signatories to the National Bituminous Coal Wage
Agreement of 1950, deleted such clauses therefrom and expressly
covenanted that the 'no strike' clauses in prior agreements were
rescinded and made null and void, and (4) signatories to such 1950
Agreement covenanted that stoppages, as well as disputes, shall be
settled exclusively under grievance machinery procedures set forth
in such contract, is a stoppage of work pending settlement of a
dispute cognizable under the grievance machinery
Footnotes
4a The Labor Management Relations Act, 1947, is herein called the "
Act."[ United Mine Workers v. Benedict Coal 390 U.S. 905 (1959) ]
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