Textile Workers Union of America, CIO v. Arista Mills Co

PARKER, Chief Judge.

This is an appeal from a judgment for defendant in a suit instituted by a labor union against an employer for alleged breach of a collective bargaining agreement. The plaintiff alleged that under the agreement employees who had been on strike were entitled to be treated as “laid off” employees with seniority rights and that defendant refused to so treat them and refused to bargain with plaintiff with respect to the matter. The relief asked was a judgment declaratory of their rights, a mandatory injunction for enforcing same and damages alleged to have been sustained by the…