Amalgamated Ass'n of Street, Electric Railway & Motor Coach Employees of America v. Greyhound Corp.

TUTTLE, Circuit Judge.

The sole question presented by this appeal is whether under the collective bargaining agreement entered into between the parties the employer has the right to lay off a group of janitorial employees covered by the agreement and hire the services of an independent contractor in their place. The issue was submitted to the district court on motions for summary judgment made by both the company and the union, supported by several exhibits and the affidavits of the company’s president and the union’s president. Concluding that there is no implied prohibition in the agreement…