Messner v. Journeymen Barbers, Hairdressers & Cosmetologists, International Union of America, Local 256

*889SCHAUER, J., Dissenting.

The majority today present the second installment of the ambitious project undertaken by them in Petri Cleaners, Inc., v. Automotive Employees, etc., Local No. 88 (1960), ante, p. 455 [2 Cal.Rptr. 470, 349 P.2d 76]. “The crucial issue in this case,” say the majority (ante, p. 877), “is whether a closed or union shop agreement is a proper objective of a labor union that does not represent any of the employees directly involved.” This brief declaration appears, on further reading of the opinion, to be somewhat of an oversimplification of the problems involved.

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