Carr v. Kalamazoo Vegetable Parchment Co.

Plaintiff seeks back wages which he claims defendant owes him because of illegal discharge in violation of a collective bargaining agreement between defendant and plaintiff’s union, the International Brotherhood of Paper Makers and Parchment Local No 323.

Article 5 (i) of the agreement provided:

“If the employee is proved to have been unjustly discharged, he shall be reinstated with full seniority and shall receive pay for all time lost from work.”

Plaintiff was discharged by defendant July 21, 1956. Plaintiff and defendant, being unable to adjust the matter under the collective bargaining…