National Labor Relations Board v. International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's Union, Local 12

The National Labor Relations Board (Board) petitions for enforcement of its order of November 18, 1965, issued against respondent, International Longshoremen’s and Warehousemen’s Union, Local 12. The Board decision and order is reported at 155 N.L.R.B. No. 89.

The Board’s regional director alleged in his complaint that Local 12 had engaged in unfair labor practices in violation of section 8(b) (1) (A) and 8(b) (2) of the National Labor Relations Act (Act), 49 Stat. 452 , as amended, 29 U.S.C. § 158 (b) (1) (A) and (b) (2) (1964). Local 12 had violated these statutes, it was alleged, by failing to dispatch Donald Wilson, Bernard Warnken and Lee Thomas, the charging parties, from the dispatch hall, and by excluding them from the dispatch hall. The trial examiner entered findings and conclusions upholding the charges and upon agency review, the Board adhered to the trial examiner’s findings and conclusions.

The Board order requires Local 12, together with its officers and agents, to cease and desist from the specified unfair labor practices. It also requires them to make Wilson, Warnken and Thomas whole for loss of pay suffered by reason of such practices. In addition, the order…