National Labor Relations Board v. International Van Lines

The National Labor Relations Board petitions for enforcement of its order requiring International Van Lines (the Company) to cease and desist from interfering, in violation of section 8(a) (1) of the National Labor Relations Act (the Act) ( 29 U.S.C. § 158 (a) (1)), with its employees’ exercise of their rights under section 7 of the Act ( 29 U.S.C. § 157 ) and from discriminatorily discharging employees who favor unionization, in violation of sections 8(a) (1) and 8(a) (3) of the Act ( 29 U.S.C. §§ 158 (a) (1) & (3)), and also requiring the Company to reinstate the discriminatorily discharged employees and to bargain with the Union. We remand the case to the Board for further findings and for modification of its order.

The dramatis personae are: Robert L. McEwan, president of the Company and active head of its business, (McEwan); his son, John G. McEwan, a student then approximately 18 years old who worked for the Company during the summer, (Johnny McEwan); Ben H. Sanders, secretary-treasurer of the Union and a prime Union organizer; Manuel Vasquez, Robert Vasquez, Richard Dicus, and Salvador Casillas, employees of the Company who were discharged after they refused to cross a…