National Labor Relations Board v. Local 964, United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America, Afl-Cio

HAYS, Circuit Judge:

For fifteen years prior to June 30, 1968, the respondent union and the charging party, Contractors and Suppliers Association of Rockland County, New York, Inc., a corporation made up of employers engaged in the construction industry in Rockland County, had collective bargaining agreements covering the hiring of carpenters in Rockland County.

The collective agreement between the charging party and the union contained provisions setting up a trust fund for the benefit of union members with an equal number of trustees designated by the employers and by the union. A controversy…