Pennsylvania Railroad v. Local 2013 of United Railroad Workers Division of Transport Workers Union

EGAN, District Judge.

Effective August 3, 1959, plaintiff, a common carrier by railroad, abolished the position of car inspector or carman on the second trick, from 2:30 P.M. to 11 P.M., Monday to Friday, at the Potts-ville yard of its railway. The work which the displaced carman did was given to a member of the crew. It consisted of “bleeding” of air from the brake systems of cars. The displaced carman was a member of the defendant Local of the Transport Workers Union. It was claimed by the defendant, Mellon, president of the Local, that the work of “bleeding” air from the brake system of…