National Labor Relations Board v. Cam Industries, Inc., Millmen-Industrial Carpenters, Local 262, Intervenor

The National Labor Relations Board applies for enforcement of its order requiring respondent, CAM Industries, to bargain with Millmen-Industrial Carpenters, Local 262. We enforce the order.

Respondent distributes aluminum windows, patio, shower and aluminum mirrored doors, and manufactures custom windows. As a result of a union organization drive conducted at CAM’s Santa Clara plant, a majority of the warehousemen and production and delivery employees signed union authorization cards which authorized the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America [International] to act as collective bargaining agent. The business representative for Millmen-Industrial Carpenters, Local 262 [Local], Franco, assisted CAM’s employees in the organizational effort. Franco also serves as a representative for the Santa Clara Valley District Council of Carpenters [District Council].

Both the Local and the District Council are affiliated with the International. It is the International’s task to charter Local Unions. The District Council is the union’s regional governing body and is comprised exclusively of delegates from Local Unions. Membership in an affiliated Local Union is a prerequisite…