Local 415, Miami Joint Council of the International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union v. William Weitz, Inc.

HORTON, Judge.

Appellants seek review of an order striking their pleadings, vacating a partial summary judgment in their favor and dismissing their cause of action.

The appellant-unions and appellee-em-ployer entered into a collective bargaining agreement which provided, inter alia, that the appellee was to pay a certain percentage of its total gross payroll of all employees covered by the agreement into appellants’ welfare fund. A dispute between the parties arising from the appellee’s failure to make these payments was submitted to arbitration pursuant to the terms of the bargaining…