Alpha Beta Food Markets, Inc. v. Amalgamated Meat Cutters & Butchers Workmen

This is an appeal by the defendants from a judgment in a declaratory relief action wherein the court determined that certain controversial provisions of a collective bargaining agreement were void and invalid in that such provisions violated the laws of the United States and the laws of the State of California.

The facts are substantially as follows: The action was instituted by 12 retail market operators doing business in various localities in Southern California. The four appellant unions represent the employees who are employed in the various markets of the respondents. Each union…