Carlson v. Carpenter Contractors' Ass'n

John Carlson, plaintiff in No. 14776, is a journeyman carpenter and a member of the carpenters’ union. July 18, 1919, and for a long time prior thereto, he was in the employ of Simon Hill, a contractor who did not belong to a contractors’ organization. Hill had work to be done and desired to retain Carlson in his employ, and Carlson was able and willing to work and desired to continue his employment. Representatives of the union of which Carlson was a member had signed a working agreement with the Carpenter Contractors’ Association, one of the defendants, which did not expire until 1921. This…