Great Chinese American Sewing Company, Esprit De Corp. v. National Labor Relations Board, San Francisco Joint Board, International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union, Afl-Cio v. National Labor Relations Board

578 F.2d 251 99 L.R.R.M. (BNA) 2347 , 84 Lab.Cas. P 10,745 GREAT CHINESE AMERICAN SEWING COMPANY, Esprit de Corp., Petitioners, v. NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD, Respondent. SAN FRANCISCO JOINT BOARD, INTERNATIONAL LADIES' GARMENT WORKERS' UNION, AFL-CIO, Petitioner, v. NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD, Respondent. Nos. 77-1299, 77-1722. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. July 10, 1978. J. Mark Montobbio of Severson, Werson, Berke & Melchior, San Francisco, Cal., for petitioners. Elliott Moore, Deputy Associate Gen. Counsel, Washington, D. C., for respondent. On Petition to Review a Decision of the National Labor Relations Board. Before BROWNING, KENNEDY and HUG, Circuit Judges. PER CURIAM: 1 The San Francisco Board of the International Ladies' Garment Workers Union, AFL-CIO (Union), attempted to organize the Great Chinese American Sewing Company (GCA), a subsidiary of Esprit de Corp. (Esprit). On July 4, 1974, Frankie Ma, an employee of GCA, began distributing Union authorization cards to his fellow workers. By July 12, over two thirds of GCA's employees had signed such cards. 2 On July 9, Ma was discharged. On the morning of July 12, Doug Tompkins, president of…