George Peoples v. Southern Pacific Company, a Corporation

This is the third of a series of three recent cases in which employees of appellee have claimed damages in the United States District Courts for alleged wrongful discharge in violation of collective bargaining agreements between appellée. and railroad operating crafts. In Barker v. Southern Pacific Co., 9 Cir., 1954, 214 F.2d 918 and in Breeland v. Southern Pacific Co., 9 Cir., 1955, 231 F.2d 576, we held that the suing employees, having elected to advantage themselves of the administrative procedures set out in the applicable collective bargaining agreements, and having failed to,timely,…