National Labor Relations Board v. International Association of MacHinists Lodge 942, Aflcio

Respondent, International Association • of Machinists, Lodge 942, AFL-CIO, has moved this Court for an order staying Paragraph 1(a) and Paragraphs 2(a) and (b) of the decree in the above entitled matter pending application for a writ of certiorari and final determination of the cause by the Supreme Court of the United States. In a formal “opposition” filed with us the National Labor Relations Board does not oppose a stay of the notice-posting requirement of the decree as it relates to peaceful picketing but opposes any other stay by this Court.

Paragraph 1(a) of the decree requires that respondent shall cease and desist from:

In its motion respondent frankly avows, inter alia, that “should picketing of Alloy’s premises be resumed, its purpose will be confined to (1) persuading the employees of Alloy to join respondent, and/or (2) persuading customers of Alloy not to patronize it.” The sort of picketing (described in Paragraph 1 (a)), as did the prior picketing, would probably inflict business loss on Alloy, which in turn might force it to accede to respondent’s illegal objective.

The Board suggests, and we agree, that to subject Alloy and its employees to this kind of pressure…