Michaels v. Hillman

The conflict in this case began when the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America sought to compel recognition of its organization by the plaintiffs. The plaintiffs had been maintaining a non-union shop and were endeavoring to keep it such. Ever since its experience with the local union of the United Garment Workers, affiliated with the American Federation of Labor, and the breaking down of that union in Bochester in 1915, the plaintiffs had avoided affiliating with any outside union and particularly with the Amalgamated Clothing Workers which was the outgrowth of one of the seceding wings of…