Pattenge v. Wagner Iron Works

1. The plaintiffs’ action is not barred by the fact that the asserted right to vacation pay arises under the terms of a collective-bargaining contract to which the plaintiffs are not parties. The weight of authority, and the trend of the more-recent cases, permits an individual employee to maintain an action to enforce provisions of a collective-bargaining contract which are for his individual benefit, as contrasted with provisions which are for the benefit of the union. See Anno. 18 A. L. R. (2d) 361, 365 ; Employees v. Westinghouse Electric Corp. 348 U. S. 437, 460, 75 Sup. Ct. 489, 99 L.…