Conlon-Moore Corp. v. Cummins

This is an appeal by the defendant, the Director of the Department of Labor of the State of Illinois, from an adverse declaratory judgment decree against him, “That the word ‘wages’ as that term is used in Chapter 48, Sections 39g-39m, 111. Rev. Stats., a penal statute, sometimes known as the ‘Wage Payment Act of Illinois,’ does not include the item of vacation pay provided for in the Collective Bargaining Agreement, known as the Conference Agreement.”

Plaintiff, Conlon-Moore Corporation, permanently terminated production in its plant in Joliet, Illinois, in October, 1957. Subsequently, it…