Gilden v. Singer Manufacturing Co.

The plaintiff, an employee of the defendant at its Bridgeport plant, was discharged on *118October 9,1956. At tbe time, a collective bargaining agreement between the defendant and Local 227, affiliated with the International Union of Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers, A.F.L.-C.I.O., recognized the union as the sole and exclusive bargaining agency for all production and maintenance employees. The plaintiff, as an employee as well as a member of the union, was a beneficiary of the contract. Both he and the union were notified of the reasons for discharge. He thereupon processed his claim that…