Smith v. Chicopee Manufacturing Corp.

1. Where, as a result of difficulties between the employees of a mill and the employer, the mill was closed and the employees at the time were out of work, the employees, at the suggestion of the employer, appointed a committee of the employees to represent the employees individually and collectively in negotiating with the employer to settle the difficulties, to obtain better working conditions for the employees, and to obtain a contract with reference to wages and the duration of the employment; and where the employees, after receiving a request from the employer to return to work with the…