Retail Clerks International Ass'n, Local 1625 v. Schermerhorn

The sole question in the case is the one we set down for reargument in 373 U. S. 746, 747-748: “whether the Florida courts, rather than solely the National Labor Relations Board, are tribunals with jurisdiction to enforce the State's prohibition” against an “agency shop” clause in. a collective bargaining agreement.

In this case the union and the employer negotiated a collective bargaining agreement that contained an “agency shop” clause providing that the employees covered by the contract who chose not to join the union were required “to pay as a condition of employment, an initial service…