In re the Arbitration between Strauss Stores Corp. & Local 830 Retail & Wholesale Employees Union

Application by petitioner for an order staying arbitration and cross motion by respondent to compel arbitration.

Petitioner maintains an office and warehouse in Queens County, and fifty-six # retail stores in the metropolitan area for the sale of general merchandise, principally automobile accessories. On June 22, 1946, it entered into a written agreement with respondent, a labor union, recognizing it as the sole bargaining agency for certain classes of its employees, and regulating the conditions of their employment. Among other things the contract provided that petitioner might employ new or…