Labor Relations Board v. Cross Construction Corp.

The Cross Construction Corp. and the Union of Packinghouse Workers, Local 924 AFL-CIO, submitted to arbitration the interpretation of a clause of the collective agreement which governed their labor-management relations concerning the payment of certain contributions to the welfare fund.1 The submission agreement read: “To determine whether or not the company is bound by clause eleven (11) of the collective agreement in force to pay an alleged sum of money, which by way of benefit is claimed by the Union.” The corresponding hearing having been held, *748the arbitrator made an award favorable to…