National Labor Relations Board v. Aladdin Hotel Corporation, D/B/A Aladdin Hotel

The National Labor Relations Board petitions for enforcement of an order requiring the employer to bargain with a union certified as a bargaining agent, after a board supervised election. The Board’s decisions certifying the union and ordering the employer to bargain are reported at 229 NLRB 499 (1977) and 232 NLRB 153 (1977), respectively. We decline to enforce the order for reasons given below.

In September 1975 a union attempted to organize the clerical employees of the Aladdin Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada. It was a policy of the union to announce a reduction in its initiation fee from $50 to $25 as an inducement to obtain new members. Accordingly, the union sent a letter to all members of the proposed bargaining unit on or about September 9, 1975. The letter stated in part:

Our Executive Board has authorized a reduction of the $50.00 initiation fee to $25.00 for - this organizing campaign. When you send in your forms be sure to send $25.00 plus $12.00 dues. These monies will be held in escrow and the dues will apply to the first month after you approve your first labor agreement. If less than a majority send in monies, they will be refunded. If we go to an election and it…