Pribyl v. Standard Electric Company

This is a workmen’s compensation case. The claimant’s husband, a journeyman electrician and union member, was hired through the union by the employer, Standard Electric Company, of Cedar Rapids, to work at Coralville, in Johnson County. An existing contract between the union and certain contractors, among whom was the defendant employer, provided in part: “On work outside Linn County the Employer shall furnish transportation.” Pursuant to conferences between the defendant employer and a union representative held to explore ways to obtain and transport some twenty-five needed workmen who would…