Grocery & Food Warehousemen Local Union No. 635 v. Kroger Co.

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Jones,

The questions originally raised in the court below by the petitioning union were (1) whether retirement for age, under the respondent-company’s unilaterally established compulsory retirement plan, of an employee who was a member of the union constitued an unjust discharge within the contemplation of an existing collective bargaining agreement between the union and the company and (2) if it did, whether it presented an arbitrable issue under the terms of the bargaining agreement. The opinion of the learned court below so fully justifies its denial of the petition…