Massey v. Oregon-Washington Plywood Co.

This is an action brought by the assignees of defendant’s employees to recover $2,088.20, the aggregate of 139 claims for pay alleged to be due for July 4, 1954, a holiday, which fell within a contractual vacation period. The claims are based upon the provisions of a working agreement in effect in 1954 between the defendant and the Plywood and Veneer Workers Union, Local 9-427, of which plaintiff’s assignors were members. We are called upon to interpret this contract. The contract provides that the vacation period is extended an additional day in the event that the vacation period contains a…