National Labor Relations Board v. Great Falls Employers' Council, Inc.

The petitioning Board seeks enforcement of its decision and order finding the respondent Great Falls Employers’ Council and its member employers guilty of unfair labor practices within the meaning of § 8(a) (3) and 8(a) (1) of the National Labor Relations Act, as amended. The facts were all stipulated and the case was submitted directly to the Board. The decision and order are reported in 123 N.L.R.B. 109 , where the facts are set forth in more detail than is necessary here.

The respondent Employers’ Council is an employer association and the collective bargaining agent of eight member employers, each of which operated food stores at Great Falls, Montana. These employers, through the Council, had a collective bargaining agreement with Local 57 of the Retail Clerks International Association which was exclusive bargain-mg representative of the respondents’ grocery clerks. The agreement expired by its terms on March 31, 1957, but was continued in effect by mutual agreement of the parties. Bargaining sessions, looking to a new agreement, began on February 22, 1957, and continued until April 12, when the Council submitted a “final proposal”. This the Union rejected and voted to strike…