National Labor Relations Board v. Pacific Transport Lines, Inc., and Marine Cooks and Stewards, Afl-Cio

The National Labor Relations Board has adjudged both Pacific Transport. Lines, Inc. and the Marine Cooks and Stewards, AFL-CIO, guilty of unlawful-, discrimination against an employee, Ernest Brown, in violation of the National Labor Relations Act, as amended. 61 Stat. 136 ; 73 Stat. 525 , 541; 29 U.S.C.A. § 151 et seq. Its Decision and Order are reported in 119 N.L.R.B. 1505 . By this petition the Board seeks enforcement of its order against each party. We have jurisdiction under Section 10(e) of the Act ( 29 U.S.C.A. § 160 (e)).

The essential facts relied upon by the Board in its Decision and Order reveal that in November, 1955 Brown sought to register at the Union’s hiring hall in San Francisco in order to obtain a job assignment; the Union had been certified as the collective bargaining representative, after a Board-conducted election, of the employees working for members of the Pacific Maritime Association, including the respondent-employer, and had negotiated a collective bargaining contract in June, 1955 calling for a “union shop” which required all present employees to become members of the union by July 24, 1955; but since Brown had not as yet joined the Union, he was…