Potlatch Forests v. International Woodworkers
| Decision Date | 25 July 1951 |
| Docket Number | No. 1808.,1808. |
| Citation | 108 F. Supp. 906 |
| Parties | POTLATCH FORESTS, Inc. v. INTERNATIONAL WOODWORKERS OF AMERICA et al. |
| Court | U.S. District Court — District of Idaho |
Elder & Elder, Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, for plaintiff.
William A. Babcock, Portland, Or., W. B. Bowler, Boise, Idaho, for defendants.
This matter was submitted to the Court on a stipulation of facts entered into by all the parties who appeared in the action. The stipulation of facts was filed on April 25, 1951, and thereafter briefs were filed and presented to the Court on behalf of all parties in the action.
A study of the stipulation of facts and briefs of respective counsel was made by the Court.
Briefly stated, it appears from the stipulation that the Potlatch Forests, Inc., is a corporation existing under the laws of the State of Maine, and authorized to do business in the State of Idaho, and is engaged in interstate commerce within the meaning of the National Labor Relations Act, 29 U. S.C.A. § 151 et seq., that International Woodworkers of America and its affiliated locals have been designated and certified by the National Labor Relations Board as the sole and exclusive bargaining agent of the production and maintenance employees of the Potlatch Forests, Inc. It appears that a certain collective bargaining agreement was entered into between the plaintiff and defendant Union covering all of the production and maintenance employees of the plaintiff. Among other things the agreement provided for a certain increase in wage rates for the purpose of financing and paying for an employees' benefit program. Thereafter the plaintiff deducted from each and every maintenance and production worker certain amounts to pay for the above mentioned benefit program. The Union as bargaining agent entered into a contract with the John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company for group insurance covering said employees and thereafter under the instructions of said Union, the plaintiff paid out certain moneys to certain physicians and to the said Insurance Company according to the terms of the said benefit program.
On or about the 6th of September 1950, plaintiff was served with a demand signed by 109 of its employees, defendants herein, requesting that no further deductions be made from their earnings for the health and welfare program and that said sums heretofore deducted be returned to them immediately.
The plaintiff filed a complaint for a declaratory judgment.
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