National Labor Relations Board v. Herald Publishing Company of Bellflower, Herald Publishing Company of Bellflower v. National Labor Relations Board

The Labor Board decided that the respondent in violation of § 8(a) (1) of the Labor Management Relations Act, Title 29 U.S.C.A. § 158 (a) (1), had been guilty of certain unfair labor practices calculated to deter organizational activities by its employees and to coerce and restrain the employees in the exercise of certain rights guaranteed to them by § 7 of the Act. 29 U.S.C.A. § 157 . At the hearing before the court the respondent conceded that if the Board had jurisdiction to entertain the proceeding and make the order, the evidence was sufficient to sustain the Board’s findings of unfair labor practices. Respondent limited its opposition to the prayer for enforcement to the single argument that the Board lacked jurisdiction.

The respondent, a California corporation, is engaged in the publishing of a newspaper at Compton, California. The newspaper is a semi-weekly publication which appears in nine editions on Thursday and seven editions on Sunday. Its Thursday circulation is approximately 142,000 while the circulation of the Sunday issue is somewhat smaller. No copies are sent outside the State of California; however, the newspaper subscribes to and receives each week…