National Labor Relations Board v. Venetian Blind Workers' Union Local 2565, Etc. AFL

The respondent Union was found to have engaged in unfair labor practices in that, in violation of Section 8(b)(2) of the Labor Management Relations Act of 1947, it caused Ambassador Venetian Blind Company, and its successor, as employers of one Viola Dodd, to discriminate against such employee in violation of Section 8(a) (3) of the Act.

The Board adopted the Trial Examiner’s findings that Viola Dodd, who was employed by the Ambassador Venetian Blind Company, a partnership, here called the employer, from July, 1946, to October 27, 1948, was on the latter date laid off, and refused further employment by the employer; that this action was taken because the respondent Union notified the employer that a strike by union employees against the employer over other issues which were about to be settled, would be continued, and the union members not allowed to go back to work if Dodd were not refused employment. This notification was based upon the fact that Dodd had previously become delinquent in her union dues and was still in bad standing with the Union. It was found that at the time in question there was no union shop contract in existence. The finding was that the Union business…