National Labor Relations Board v. San Diego Gas & Electric Co.

March 31, 1952, petitioner entered a cease and desist order pursuant to § 10(c) of the Labor Management Relations Act of 1947, 29 U.S.C.A. § 160 (c), requiring respondent to refrain from certain specified acts and to take affirmative action which petitioner found would effectuate the policies of said Act. Petitioner is seeking enforcement of its orders. Respondent urges us to deny enforcement because as it asserts, the findings upon which petitioner relies to support its order are not supported by substantial evidence.

Respondent is a California public utility corporation engaged in supplying illuminating gas and electricity for industrial, commercial, and domestic use to the residents of the City and County of San Diego, California. It is admitted that respondent is engaged in commerce within the meaning of the Act.

The trial examiner found and, for the most part, petitioner relied on the following facts:

Cosby M. Newsom, a former employee of respondent and against whom the charged unfair labor practice is alleged to-have been directed, was one of five instrument technicians employed by respondent. Respondent had a union contract with many employees. Instrument technicians…