National Labor Relations Board v. International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's Union Local 13

The underlying question presented by this appeal is whether a refusal by a union to permit a member to work for the employer for a ten-day period, as a sanction imposed by the union on the member for his failure to pay when due certain fines and assessments, constitutes an unfair labor practice prohibited by sections 8(b)(1)(A) and 8(b)(2) of the National Labor Relations Act, 29 U.S.C. § 158 (b)(1)(A) and (2). We hold that it does and, consequently, grant enforcement of the National Labor Relations Board’s order.

The facts, in a somewhat condensed form, as found by the Board are these. The International Longshoremen’s and Ware-housemen’s Union Local 13 (Union) and the Pacific Maritime Association (PMA), the collective bargaining representative of various employers engaged in longshore and stevedoring operations, are parties to a collective bargaining agreement which, although it does not contain a provision requiring employees to be members of the Union as a condition of employment, does require that employees of PMA employers be dispatched through a hall administered jointly by the Union and the PMA. The agreement further provides that there be no discrimination between members…