National Labor Relations Board v. Washington-Oregon Shingle Weavers' Dist. Council

The National Labor Relations Board, hereafter the. Board, petitions for enforcement of its order requiring the Washington-Oregon Shingle Weavers’ District Council.and Everett Local 2580 Shingle Weavers’ Union (hereafter the Union) to cease and desist from inducing or encouraging its members to engage in a secondary boycott.

■ The main issue presented by -this petition is whether a union violates Section 8(b) (4) (A) of the Labor Management Relations Act, 29 U.S.C.A. § 141 et seq. (hereafter the Act) when it refuses to allow its employees -to work in an employer’s plant solely because the employer is using non-union products. Subsidiary to this main issue are the following questions: (1) whether the trial examiner erred in rejecting an offer of proof by the Union; (2) whether the trial examiner erred in admitting certain exhibits; and (3) if either or both (1) and (2) be answered in the affirmative, whether the error is such as to require a denial of enforcement.

The complainant, the Sound Shingle Company (hereafter the Company) is a partnership consisting of John E. Martin and Frank S. Barker, and is a manufacturer and processor of shingles. In the latter part of January, 1951,…