National Labor Relations Board v. Haddock-Engineers, Ltd.

The National Labor Relations Board, hereafter the Board, seeks enforcement of its order against Haddock-Engineers, Limited, hereafter the Company, and Operative Plasterers’ and Cement Masons’ International Association, AFL Local Union 797, hereafter the Union. The Company does not resist the enforcement.

The Board’s complaint against the Union alleged its jurisdictional requirement that it was engaged in commerce, in paragraph II of its complaint, as follows: “II. Respondent Company is engaged in commerce within the meaning of Section 2(6) and (7) of the Act.” The defendant Union’s answer joined issue as to the Board’s jurisdiction by the following denial : “I. Said defendant does not have sufficient knowledge or information upon which to base a belief as to the allegations contained in Paragraphs I and II, and therefore, upon such grounds denies the same.”

The section of the Act referred to in the Board’s complaint provides:

The Union’s answer denied other allegations of the Board’s complaint of the Union’s wrongdoing and makes contentions here adverse to its findings and the order sought to be enforced. These we are not required to consider since we think the Board failed as…