Legal Opinion
Swenson v. Seattle Central Labor Council
Washington Supreme Court
Decided February 19, 1947No. 29988PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtSchwellenbach, J.
This is a jurisdictional dispute. At no time during the course of the controversy did the relationship of employer and employee exist between the plant and the pickets.
For a number of years, H. F. Swenson, doing business as Sweden Freezer Manufacturing Company, operated a small plant in Seattle for the manufacture of ice cream freezers for commercial use. He had never employed union labor. However, for several years, every six months or so, he had been contacted concerning the unionizing of the plant by representatives of various craft unions connected with the American Federation of Labor.…
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