International Association of MacHinists and Aerospace Workers, Local Lodge 2369 v. Oxco Brush Division of Vistron Corporation, an Ohio Corporation

LIVELY, Circuit Judge.

This case concerns the right of employees to collect vacation pay from their employer who, during an economic strike, permanently closed the plant’ at which they worked. There was a collective bargaining agreement between the plaintiff Local 2369 (the Union) and the defendant covering employment at the Cookeville, Tennessee plant of defendant. Article XVII of the agreement provided as follows:

ARTICLE XVII

DURATION

Section 1 — The terms of this Agreement shall become effective on the 8th day of July, 1971, and shall continue in force and effect for the period ending at…