National Labor Relations Board v. Cement Masons Local No. 555, Operative Plasterers and Cement Masons International Association, a F L

This is a petition by the National Labor Relations Board brought under Section 10(e) of the National Labor Relations Act for the enforcement of the Board’s order against respondent union (hereinafter referred to as “Union”, “respondent”, or “Local 555”).

Respondent union is the Portland, Oregon, local of the Operative Plasterers and Cement Masons International Association AFL. Much of the employment of cement workers in the Portland area is conducted under respondent’s auspices. Employers needing cement masons usually, through arrangement with respondent, hire the desired workers through the union hall. The actual assignment of union members to jobs is under the control and direction of respondent’s business manager. It is his duty to correlate the available supply of qualified workers with the requests of the employers. While the union does not order any man to a job, the members must have clearance from the union before they can work.

The relations between the employers, the workers, and the union are governed by respondent’s “working rules” which are in effect on all jobs to which workers are dispatched. In material part these rules provide that no union member may allow a…