DeVore v. Weyerhaeuser Company

This is a suit in equity by 45 employees of the defendant to recover wages claimed to be due because of a wage increase resulting from an industry-wide “settlement agreement” between defendant and other’ employers, on one hand, and the unions representing their employees. , Plaintiffs’ complaint also asks for an accounting for such wages. Defendant .appeals from a judgment and decree in favor of plaintiffs. .

Defendant contends; ■ among other things; -:that although the industry-wide. “settlement agreement” was a settlement of all “industry-wide issues”- between the employers and unions…