Salt River Valley Water Users Ass’n v. National Labor Relations Board

The Salt River Valley Water Users’ Association, hereafter the Association, petitions to review and set aside an order of the National Labor Relations Board, hereafter the Board, which requires the Association to cease and desist from certain unfair labor practices and to take certain affirmative action. The Board’s order is based upon findings that employee Leo Sturdivant was discharged in violation of § 8(a)(1) of the Labor Management Relations Act of 1947, hereafter the Act, 29 U.S.C.A. § 158 (a) (1), for engaging in activities protected by § 7 of the Act, 29 U.S.C.A. § 157 , and that remarks made by a supervisory official of the Association violated § 8(a) (1) of the Act, 29 U.S.C.A. § 158 (a) (1), since they were an interference with employee H. C. Selliez’s protected rights.

The first question presented is whether the Association is engaged in activities affecting commerce within the meaning of the Act.

The Association, an Arizona corporation, conducts the operations of a federal reclamation project called the Salt River Project. In this capacity the Association maintains an irrigation system for the 242.000 acres of the Salt River Valley, 213.000 acres of which are under…