In re the Claim of Giandomenico

OPINION OF THE COURT

Main, J.

The claimant was employed by Meadow Gold Products Corp. (Meadow), a distributor of ice cream products in metropolitan New York, as a route driver. All of the route drivers, including the claimant and most all of the other employees, were members of Local 757 of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters (Union). Meadow, in order to further its objective of hiring steady and reliable drivers *295available when needed and the Union, in an attempt to provide regular employment for more of its members and to enhance their economic welfare, took advantage of certain of the…