Putnam v. Gordon Jensen, Inc.

Frank T. Gallagher, C.

This is an appeal from a judgment of the district court entered pursuant to an order granting defendants’ motion for summary judgment. Plaintiff, Arnold L. Putnam, had made a claim against his employer, defendant Gordon Jensen, Inc., and against his union, defendant Sheet Metal Workers International Association Local Union No. 34 for back wages in an amount equaling the difference between his actual salary and the union scale for a journeyman sheet metal worker.

Plaintiff had been working with sheet metal products since 1931. He testified, however, that he never had any…