International Longshoremen's & Warehousemen's Union v. Inland Waterways Corp.

McCALEB, Justice.

On March 26, 1947, Inland Waterways Corporation, 1 which operates the Federal Barge Lines, entered into a labor contract with International Longshoremen’s and Warehousemen’s Union, C.I.O., wherein it agreed, among other' things, to recognize the Union as its sole and exclusive collective bargaining agency for all employees of the terminals at Baton Rouge and New Orleans, Louisiana; Vicksburg, Mississippi; Helena, Arkansas and Mobile, Alabama, and to give preference in employment within certain limitations to employees who are members of the Union in good standing. It- was…