Heltsley v. District No. 23, United Mine Workers

REED, Judge.

Dallas T. Heltsley, Charles Schmidt, and Gene Johnson were discharged by their employer, Gibraltar Coal Corporation. The employees were officials1 of Local Union No. 1092 of United Mine Workers of America. A collective bargaining agreement, which provided for arbitration of grievances, was in effect between the parent union and an association of employers of which Gibraltar was a member at the time of the discharge. The union unsuccessfully sought the institution of an unfair labor practice charge against the employer by the N.L.R.B.; the Union’s claim was that the discharge was…