United Steelworkers of America, Afl-Cio, and United Steelworkers of America, Afl-Cio, Local No. 4377 v. General Electric Company

This is an appeal from an order granting plaintiffs’ motion for summary judgment in an action brought under Section 301 of the Labor Management Relations Act, 29 U.S.C. § 185, compelling the employer, General Electric Company, to arbitrate employee grievances over a change in method of pay. The trial court’s opinion, 211 F.Supp. 562, is affirmed.

The plaintiffs rely on Article XXIII of a collective bargaining Agreement between themselves and the defendant, General Electric Company. The employees filed their grievance on September 9, 1961, asserting that their jobs had been reclassified from an…