United Optical Workers Union Local 408 v. Sterling Optical Co.

HAYS, Circuit Judge:

This is an appeal in an action brought under section 301(a) of the National Labor Relations Act, 29 U.S.C. § 185(a) (1970), by a union to compel arbitration of a dispute concerning the interpretation and validity of a clause in a collective bargaining agreement which permits the employer to subcontract work, but only to union shops. The district court ordered arbitration, but declared *222the entire subcontracting clause void as violating section 8(e) of the National Labor Relations Act, as amended, 29 U. S.C. § 158(e) (1970). The employer appeals, claiming that the district…