National Labor Relations Board v. Local 1976, United Brotherhood of Carpenters & Joiners of America

While the National Labor Relations Act, 29 U.S.C.A. § 151 et seq., hereinafter referred to as the Act, has been termed in “its inception a novel experiment”, which “has remained a controversial piece of legislation”, 1 its provisions dealing with secondary boycotts — at least insofar as they are applicable to the instant case — seem to us to be tolerably clear and eminently fair.

1. Statement of the Case

The Sand Door and Plywood Company, of Los Angeles, California hereinafter Sand, on August 2(5, 1954, filed a charge against the respondents, hereinafter the Union, alleging that the latter had engaged in unfair labor practices within the meaning of 29 U.S.C.A. § 158 (b) (4) (A).

On September 24, 1954, the General Counsel of the National Labor Relations Board, hereinafter the Board, before which the charge had been filed, presented a complaint against the Union, which in substance alleged that the Union, “since on or about August 17, 1954, * * * [had] instructed the employees of Havstad & Jensen” at a certain college to be detailed hereinafter, and the employees of other employers, “to refuse to install Paine Rezo doors [infra] because [the Union’s] rules and by-laws prohibit…