Lewis
National Labor Relations Board v. Lewis
Opinion
Lead Opinion
Chambers, J.
We have here labor-management conflicts involving United Shoe Workers, Local 122, (including some of its members) and the employers, California Footwear Company and Trina Shoe Company.
After formal complaints were filed and hearings had, the respondents were found guilty of a number of the charges. *887 We have concluded the board’s order must be enforced.
California Footwear Company is a partnership composed of Jack Lewis and Joe Levitan. It has a history in the Los Angeles area as a small manufacturer of women’s shoes. In 1952 it was operating in leased space on Los Angeles Street in downtown Los Angeles. Its lease was due to expire during February, 1953. Higher rent or a move was imminent. Another factor which was a consideration in decision appears to have been the health of Jack Lewis who wanted a factory near his home in Santa Monica, some 12 miles westerly.
During the fall of 1952 and through December, California had working in the Los Angeles plant a skilled pattern maker, one Maurice Fellman. For a few years before coming there to work Fell-man had had his own small manufacturing plant at Costa Mesa, near Laguna Beach. His little business had been conducted through…