Mathewson v. Westinghouse Electric Corp.

Opinion by

Mb. Justice Musmanno,

The plaintiffs in this case are salaried employees of the Westinghouse Electric Corporation in Sharon and are members of the Sharon Westinghouse Employees Association, a union which entered into a collective, bargaining contract with Westinghouse. On September 1, 1954, these employees, with approximately 139 other salaried employees, were given, what was. known as an Emergency Furlough because of a strike, instituted-by hourly paid employees, who belonged to another union. The salaried employees were not involved in ithe strike. The furlough, which was one…