International Ass'n of MacHinists v. Street

A group of labor organizations, appellants here, and the carriers comprising the Southern Railway System, entered into a union-shop agreement pursuant to the authority of § 2, Eleventh of the Railway Labor Act.1 The agree*743ment requires each of the appellees, employees of the carriers, as a condition of continued employment, to pay the appellant union representing his particular class or craft the dues, initiation fees and assessments uni*744formly required as a condition of acquiring or retaining union membership. The appellees, in behalf of themselves and of employees similarly situated, brought…