The employer is a steamship corporation operating a fleet of cargo ships. It customarily obtains its crews from the Seafarers' International Union through the medium of hiring halls. Claimant did not possess full membership rights in this union but belonged to a class known as "permit men". Under the rules of the union he could retain employment for the duration of one round trip voyage or sixty days, whichever was the longest. On October 7, 1949, claimant signed with the...
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