INTERNATIONAL U. OF OP. ENG., LOC. 321 v. WATER WORKS BD.

6 Div. 13.

163 So.2d 619 (1964)

INTERNATIONAL UNION OF OPERATING ENGINEERS, LOCAL UNION NO. 321 (AFL-CIO) v. WATER WORKS BOARD OF the CITY OF BIRMINGHAM.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

April 9, 1964.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cooper, Mitch & Crawford and Stanford J. Skinner, Birmingham, for appellant.

Drayton T. Scott, Wm. F. Gardner and Cabaniss & Johnston, Birmingham, for appellee.

Henry T. Wilson, Washington, D. C., for American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, AFL-CIO, amicus curiae.


SIMPSON, Justice.

The question presented by this appeal is res integra in this jurisdiction, viz.: Can a public agency in Alabama bargain with and enter into an enforceable collective agreement with a labor organization concerning the wages, hours, and conditions of employment of its employees in the absence of express constitutional or statutory authorization to do so? Appellant has represented the employees of appellee for some thirty years, during which period...

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