Great Western Broadcasting Corp. v. National Labor Relations Board

This is a proceeding to review an order of the National Labor Relations Board dismissing an unfair labor practice complaint. The ease involves an attempt by two unions, assertedly using coercive methods, to force several companies to' cease advertising on a television station with which the unions were having a labor dispute. It was charged that the union activity was proscribed by section 8(b) (4) (ii) (B) of the National Labor Relations Act, as amended (Act), 29 U.S.C. § 158 (b) (4) (ii) (B).

The charging party, and petitioner here, is Great Western Broadcasting Corporation, which operates television station KXTV in Sacramento, California. The unions, which were respondents in the Board proceedings and are interven-ors here, are American, Federation of Television and Radio Artists, San Francisco Local, and National Association of Broadcast Employees and Technicians, Local 55.

The facts are not in dispute. A primary labor dispute between the unions and KXTV resulted in a strike which commenced on September 26, 1960. Picketing of the KXTV premises ensued. Among the advertisers who then regularly used the services and facilities of KXTV for advertising purposes were' John Geer…