National Labor Relations Board v. Lozano Enterprises

The National Labor Relations Board brings this petition pursuant to section 10(e) of the NLRA for enforcement of its order which may be briefly summarized as requiring the respondent to cease and desist from discouraging membership in a labor union of its employees and from otherwise interfering with the members’ enjoyment of their right of self-organization and collective bargaining. The order also requires the respondent to reinstate Jose Nabor Villasenor, one of its employees who, the Board found, had been discharged because of his participation in union activities.

The respondent is a California corporation with its office and principal place of business in Los Angeles, where it publishes a Spanish language daily newspaper, La Opinion. In April 1961, Jose Nabor Villasenor and Roberto Ocariz, both of whom were linotypists employed by the respondent, joined the Los Angeles Typographical Union, No. 174, and thereafter assisted in the union’s organizational efforts in respondent’s plant. On October 19, 1961, at the request of both the union and the respondent, the Board made its order ordering a representative election be held in November 1961. During the period from April to…