Intalco Aluminum Corporation v. National Labor Relations Board, and International Association of MacHinists and Aerospace Workers, Afl-Cio, Intervenor

Petitioner seeks to review and set aside an order of the National Labor Relations Board, issued February 21, 1968, holding that petitioner violated Section 8(a) (2) and (1) of the National Labor Relations Act by recognizing and entering into a contract with the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, AFL-CIO (Machinists) at a time when it was a minority union. The union appears as intervenor. The Board in its answer requests that its order be enforced in full.

The petitioner employer, Intalco Aluminum Corporation, a Delaware Corporation, began the construction of an aluminum manufacturing plant in Ferndale, Washington, in 1965. The first hourly employee was hired in June.

During the summer and fall of 1965 representatives of the Machinists, Aluminum Workers, and Steelworkers informed petitioner that they would attempt to organize its employees at the Ferndale plant. The three unions, and subsequently a fourth union began campaigns among the company’s employees. By the middle of March, 1966, all four unions were actively soliciting members through the use of signed authorization cards.

On March 10, 1966, the Machinists informed petitioner that it…