Meltzer v. Kaminer

This action was brought by a large number of boss painters to restrain the officers of District Council No. 29 of the Brotherhood of Painters, etc., from calling a strike. Most of the parties who are plaintiffs in this action or who have petitioned to come in as parties plaintiff had a contract with the district council which governed the rate of pay, etc., of men who were members of that council. Those contracts had, in some instances, run for three years. On or about June 5,1926, the district council, through its officers, notified the employers that the agreements would expire on June 19,…