Brotherhood of Railway & Steamship Clerks, Freight Handlers, Express & Station Employes v. Allen

By the terms of an agreement (the Agreement) authorized by § 2 Eleventh of the Railway Labor Act1 between *116the Southern Railway Company and a number of railway labor organizations including the two petitioners herein, employees of Southern are obligated, as a condition of employment, to pay the periodic dues, initiation fees and assessments uniformly required as a condition of acquiring or retaining membership in the union representing their particular class or craft.2 The individual respondents herein are a number of- such employees belonging to classes or crafts represented by petitioners.3…