National Labor Relations Board v. State Center Warehouse & Cold Storage Co.

This matter is here on petition of the National Labor Relations Board for enforcement of an order directed against respondent.

Acting upon charges filed by the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Local No-. 431, herein called the Union, the Board issued its complaint alleging that respondent threatened to- close its plant if its employees joined the Union,, interrogated its employees regarding their union activities, threatened to discharge them for union membership-, and discharged one Moses Machoian because of his membership and activity in the Union, in violation of-sections 8(a) (1) and (3) of the Act, 29 U.S.C.A. § 158 (a) (1, 3). In harmony with the report of the trial examiner the Board found that respondent had violated the Act as charged, and it ordered respondent to cease and desist, to post appropriate notices and to- make Machoian whole fo-r -any loss suffered as a result of his discriminatory dismissal.

The principal question argued has to do with the sufficiency o-f the evidence to sustain the findings. While the case may be thought a close one we are of opinion that considering the record -as a whole the showing is sufficient to sustain the Board’s…