Kroger Grocery & Baking Co. v. Retail Clerks' International Protective Ass'n, Local No. 424
District Court, E.D. Missouri
In Equity. Suit by the Kroger Grocery & Baking Company against the Retail Clerks’ International Protective Association, Eocal No. 424-, and others. On motion for preliminary injunction.
1Opinion of the Court
TRIEBER, District Judge (orally).
The right of wage-earners to organize themselves into unions for the purpose of bettering their conditions is a right which no one can question. There can be no doubt that, but for these organizations, the conditions of- wage-earners would have been much less endurable than they are at the present time. The law recognizes them, and has never questioned their right to exist. Nor can any one question the right of any employes to quit their employment, whether they do it singly or collectively, whether it is done for a good reason or without any cause, and no…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Hitchman Coal & Coke Co. v. MitchellSupreme Court of the United States · 1916
- Paine Lumber Co. v. NealSupreme Court of the United States · 1915
3Cited by6 opinions
- United Mine Workers of America v. Coronado Coal Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1919
- Taliaferro v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1923
- Kinloch Telephone Co. v. Local Union No. 2 of International Brotherhood of Electrical WorkersDistrict Court, E.D. Missouri · 1920
- United States v. NorrisDistrict Court, N.D. Illinois · 1918
- Langenberg Hat Co. v. United Cloth Hat & Cap Makers of North AmericaDistrict Court, E.D. Missouri · 1920
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