National Labor Relations Board v. Kit Manufacturing Company

The National Labor Relations Board seeks enforcement of its order of April 27, 1960, requiring the Kit Manufacturing Company, respondent herein, to cease and desist from certain alleged unfair labor practices and to take certain affirmative action in connection with the reinstatement of Elsworth Jordon, a former employee.

The Board found that the respondent violated Section 8(a) (1) of the National Labor Relations Act, 29 U.S.C.A. § 158 (a) (1), by threatening employees with reprisals if they should engage in union activities and by promising and instituting employee benefits in return for rejecting unionization. The Board also found that the respondent violated Section 8(a) (3) and (1) of the Act, 29 U. S.C.A. § 158(a) (3) and (1),-by discharging employee Jordon because of his union activities.

The respondent is a California corporation engaged in the manufacture and sale of trailers and mobile homes at plants in Long Beach, California, and Caldwell, Idaho. The Caldwell plant, where the events with which this case is concerned occurred, commenced production in December of 1958. From that time through August 24, 1959, the date of the amended complaint in this proceeding, sales…