National Labor Relations Board v. Idaho Electric Company, Inc.

The National Labor Relations Board (Board) petitions for enforcement of its order issued March 16, 1966, against respondent Idaho Electric Company, Inc. (Company), reported at 157 N.L.R.B. No. 70. This court has jurisdiction under § 10(e) of the National Labor Relations Act, 29 U.S.C. § 160 (e), the alleged unfair labor practices having occurred in Jerome, Idaho, within this judicial circuit.

The Board found that the Company violated § 8(a) (5) of the Act, 29 U.S.C. § 158 (a) (5), by refusing to bargain with the union, selected by a majority of the employees as their exclusive bargaining representative. The Board also found that the Company violated § 8(a) (1) of the Act by interrogating its employees about their union activities, sympathies, and the identity of the employee who lead the union movement in the plant; by unilaterally granting wage increases to two employees; by unilaterally changing employees’ working rules; and by threatening to withdraw, and withdrawing, certain employee benefits because of employees’ union activities. We agree and affirm the Board’s decision as reported, supra.

Since it was not material to its decision, the Board did not consider Company’s…