National Labor Relations Board v. Bay Cities Metal Trades Council

15 F.3d 1088 148 L.R.R.M. (BNA) 2320 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD, Petitioner, v. BAY CITIES METAL TRADES COUNCIL, Respondent. No. 92-70448. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Submitted Dec. 15, 1993. * Decided Dec. 23, 1993. Before: LAY, ** THOMPSON, and RYMER, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM *** 2 The National Labor Relations Board petitions for enforcement of its order finding that Bay Cities Metal Trade Council ("the Union") violated Sec. 8(b)(1)(A) of the National Labor Relations Act, 28 U.S.C. Sec. 158 (b)(1)(A), by threatening Union members employed at Southwest Marine, Inc. Specifically, the Board found that in a letter distributed before a scheduled strike, the Union threatened employee-members with fines and internal discipline if they crossed the Union's picket line after resigning their union membership; imposition of new initiation fees if they changed their membership status to financial core…