386 U.S. 171 (1967) Cited 4,209 times 2 Legal Analyses
Holding that, under the LMRA, an "individual employee has absolute right to have his grievance taken to arbitration regardless of the provisions of the applicable collective bargaining agreement"
Holding that a labor organization must represent all members of a "craft or class of employees . . . regardless of their union affiliations or want of them"
In Tunstall v. Brotherhood, 323 U.S. 210, the federal right was derived from the federal duty of the union to act as bargaining representative for all members of the union.
In Campbell, the Supreme Court held that the Selective Service Act, which required employers to return a veteran to the same position he held prior to entering military service "without loss of seniority" did not render unlawful a clause in the collective-bargaining agreement providing for superseniority for "union chairmen" over veterans in case of layoff.