Warehouse Employees Union, Local No. 359 v. Forman Ford & Co.

Magnet, Justice.

Some time prior to April 19, 1944, certain employes of appellant, Forman Ford & Company, of Minneapolis, a manufacturer of paints, organized a labor union known as Warehouse Employees Union, Local No. 359, A. F. L., one of the respondents herein. On that date, the union served a request on the state labor conciliator for investigation and certification of representatives for collective bargaining under § 16 of the Minnesota labor relations act. The petition stated that the question of representation arose because of the refusal of the company to bargain collectively. Pursuant…