National Labor Relations Board v. Gene Compton's Corp.

Respondents in a complaint filed with the National Labor Relations Board (hereafter the Board) were charged with unfair labor practices in that the respondent employers violated section 8(a) (3) & (1) of the National Labor Relations Act, 61 Stat. 140 (1947), 29 U.S. C.A. § 158 and that respondent labor organizations violated section 8(b) (1) (A) & (b) (2) of the Act.

After proceedings duly had, the Board found the respondents guilty of said charges and entered its order that certain named affirmative conditions be complied with.

Jurisdiction was based on the finding that the respondent Association was made up of member restaurants in California, Washington, and Oregon; that its members in 1955 had gross sales in the aggregate of $10,000,000; that they sold foodstuffs in excess of $100,000 to points outside the originating states, and that they purchased foodstuffs in excess of $2,000,000 outside of the state or states in which the restaurants were located. It was also found that the members of the Association bargained as a unit with respondent unions and that, as a result, they should be considered as a single employer for purposes of determining their effect on interstate…