National Labor Relations Board v. International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's Union, Local No. 13

In these consolidated cases, the National Labor Relations Board seeks enforcement of its order issued on May 26, 1974, against International Longshoremen’s and Ware-housemen’s Union, Local 13, reported at 210 N.L.R.B. 952 . We enforce the order.

In the first of these lengthy disputes, the Union was charged with violating §§ 8(b)(1)(A) and (2) of the National Labor Relations Act, 29 U.S.C. §§ 158 (b)(1)(A) and (2) (1970), by requiring that applicants for registration, as Class B longshoremen be sponsored by Class A registrants, who were also Union members. On June 10,1970, the Board issued its decision and order in International Longshoremen’s and Warehouse-men’s Union, Local 13, 183 N.L.R.B. 221 (the Gatlin case), finding that the Union had committed the violations. The Board petitioned this court for enforcement .of that order, and on April 19,- 1972, we remanded the Board’s decision for further findings as to “(1) the actual operation of the sponsorship program and (2) the effect of the program.” N.L.R.B. v. International Longshoremen’s and Warehousemen’s Union, Local 13, 9 Cir., 1972, 80 L.R.R.M. 3213 , 3214.

While the Gatlin case-was pending before us, on July 28,…