Joint Industry Board of Electrical Industry v. United States

Section 64a (2) of the Bankruptcy Act, 30 Stat. 563, 11 U. S. C. § 104(a)(2), grants priority over the claims of other creditors to “wages . . . due to workmen, . . the priority being limited to $600 and to wages earned within three months before the commence*225ment of the proceedings.1 The question before us is whether priority under § 64a (2) must be accorded to an employer’s unpaid contributions to an employees’ annuity plan established by a collective bargaining contract. The referee and the District Court denied the priority and the Court of Appeals affirmed. In re A & S Electric Corp., 379…