Alexion v. Hollingsworth

Lehman, Ch. J.

In the early months of 1937 a group of men, employed as salesmen of new and used automobiles in Greater New York, organized an unincorporated association (hereinafter referred to as the Association) for the purpose of improving working conditions for automobile salesmen and securing better wages, hours and conditions of employment by collective bargaining with their employers. In December, 1937, a charter was granted by Retail Clerks International Protective Association (hereinafter referred to as the International), affiliated with the American Federation of Labor, to certain…