National Labor Relations Board v. Pacific Southwest Airlines

The National Labor Relations Board, in accordance with § 10(e) of the National Labor Relations Act, 29 U.S.C. § 160 (e), petitions this court to enforce its bargaining order issued against Pacific Southwest Airlines (PSA), reported in 201 N.L.R.B. 647 (1973). We conclude that the order should be enforced.

PSA operates a printing and publications shop at its principal place of business in San Diego, California. During 1971, James Heck was the “leadman” in the shop. In June 1971, six of the shop’s eight employees signed authorization cards designating the Lithographers and Photoengravers International Union as their representative to bargain collectively on their behalf. Over succeeding months, PSA — principally through Heck and Thomas Irwin, the shop manager — pursued a course of conduct which included interrogation of employees about their union activities and sympathies, rescission of a previously-announced wage adjustment without assurances of future considerations, threats to lay off employees if the union were voted in, and the firing of Vernon Hover, a senior employee in the shop, because of his union activities.

Unfair Labor Practice Charges

PSA attempts to minimize, but…