Johnson v. Oregon Stevedoring Co., Inc.

Some time in 1922 a group of waterfront employers of labor in Portland, Oregon, formed a voluntary association under the name of “Waterfront Employers’ Union of Portland,” now designated as “Waterfront Employers’ Association.” The objects of the association, as set out in Article II of the Constitution, are:

“Sec. 1. To protect and develop water borne commerce; to promote closer relationship, better understanding, uniformity of practice and co-ordination of effort among the employers. Further, to seek correct solutions of the problems affecting the common welfare of employers and employees; to…