Connecticut Union of Telephone Workers, Inc. v. Southern New England Telephone Co.

The plaintiff union brought this application, pursuant to the provisions of General Statutes § 52-410, for an order directing the defendant company to proceed with arbitration of an alleged dispute which the union claimed was arbitrable under the provisions of their collective bargaining agreement. The court denied the application, and the union has appealed from the judgment.

The union and the company have been parties to a series of collective bargaining agreements since about 1940. The wage relationships of the majority of the company employees represented by the union have been determined…