Amalgamated Meat Cutters & Butcher Workmen of North America v. M. Feder & Co.

FREEDMAN, Circuit Judge (acting by designation).

Plaintiff union has brought this action under § 301(a) of the Labor-Management Relations Act of 1947, 29 U.S.C. § 185(a), against the defendant employer to enforce a settlement agreement. The agreement, which involves one employee, was arrived at during arbitration proceedings invoked by the union pursuant to a collective bargaining agreement, but it was not formally embodied in an arbitrator’s award.

Defendant had attacked the jurisdictional claim under § 301 (a) by an earlier motion to dismiss, which was denied by Judge Van Dusen. Amalgamated…