Smetherham v. Laundry Workers' Union, Local No. 75

This is an appeal from a judgment granting a writ of mandate directing the reinstatement of the petitioner to membership in a Laundry Workers’ Union of Sacramento on the ground that she was illegally expelled and awarding damages against the union for loss of wages amounting to $1761.60.

The Laundry Workers’ Union, Local No. 75, is an unincorporated association at Sacramento, auxiliary to the Laundry Workers’ International Union. The objects of the organization, expressed in the constitution of the International Union, are, among others, “to cooperate in every movement which tends to benefit…