Agnell v. Illinois Bell Telephone Co.

In this case 195 employees of defendant company recovered judgments for holiday pay under the provisions of a collective bargaining agreement. This case was before us on a prior appeal from a summary judgment under Section 57 of the Practice Act [Ill. Rev. Stats. 1951, ch. 110, par. 181; Jones Ill. Stats. Ann. 104.057]. We reversed the judgment and remanded the cause for trial, 342 Ill. App. 516.

Involved here is the question of holiday pay pursuant to an agreement entered into between the parties July 1, 1944. The first paragraph of the “Holidays” clause in that agreement provides as follows:

“…