order
railroad
telegraphers
railway
express
agency
argued
november
decided
february
william
mcrae
atlanta
petitioner
blair
foster
atlanta
respondent
justice
jackson
delivered
opinion
hoary
litigation
presents
question
whether
carrier
contracts
individual
employees
made
supersede
expand
terms
agreement
collectively
bargained
employer
union
view
provisions
railway
labor
act
et
applicable
controversy
arose
petitioner
union
designated
represent
certain
crafts
classes
employees
carriers
railroad
employees
involved
agents
stations
seaboard
airline
railroad
primarily
employees
railway
secondarily
railway
express
agency
receive
compensation
employer
years
represented
union
bargaining
collective
agreements
predecessor
express
companies
last
executed
assumed
respondent
march
express
company
began
handle
new
business
consisting
mainly
carload
shipments
perishables
formerly
handled
railroad
company
freight
express
company
thought
change
volume
character
shipments
warranted
adjustment
rates
pay
applicable
certain
agencies
shipments
originated
railway
labor
act
effect
provided
carriers
representatives
employees
give
least
thirty
days
written
notice
intended
change
affecting
rates
pay
rules
working
conditions
agree
upon
time
place
conference
collective
agreement
also
provided
change
made
terms
days
notice
writing
given
express
company
gave
notice
union
signatory
collective
agreement
instead
gave
individual
notices
agents
compensation
shipments
per
car
notices
one
division
going
march
another
april
becoming
effective
april
agents
involved
various
objections
negotiations
individually
accepted
rate
although
controversy
whether
acceptance
wholly
voluntary
purposes
decision
however
assume
voluntary
assent
provisions
railway
labor
act
valid
individual
contracts
resulted
local
chairman
union
protested
insisted
collective
bargaining
must
control
compensation
agents
express
company
declined
accede
claims
union
claim
agents
must
compensated
collective
agreement
remained
unadjusted
attempts
adjust
renewed
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chairman
voluntary
board
adjustment
agreed
upon
provided
act
statutory
board
created
company
refused
join
union
petition
union
october
gave
notice
intention
refer
dispute
board
company
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board
jurisdiction
hearing
board
deadlocked
referee
named
objections
jurisdiction
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board
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referee
chosen
december
award
sustaining
claims
agents
entitled
compensation
provided
collectively
bargained
agreement
made
accompanied
holding
individual
contracts
ineffective
company
failed
comply
award
december
almost
two
years
present
action
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labor
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contracts
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footnotes
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provided
representatives
employees
shall
give
least
thirty
days
written
notice
intended
change
affecting
rates
pay
rules
working
conditions
time
place
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representatives
parties
interested
intended
changes
shall
agreed
upon
within
ten
days
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said
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thirty
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