Yager ex rel. National Labor Relations Board v. International Union of Operating Engineers

George A. Yager, Acting Regional Director of the Twenty-First Region of the National Labor Relations Board, for and on behalf of the National Labor Relations Board, has filed a petition for injunction under § 10(l) of the National Labor Relations Act as amended, 29 U.S.C.A. § 160(1).

The petition recites that in March and April, 1955, Crook Company (herein called Crook) and William W. Shepherd and Nora D. Shepherd, co-partners doing business as Shepherd Machinery Company, (to be referred to as Shepherd) filed separate charges with the Board alleging that the respondent, International Union of Operating Engineers, Local Union No. 12, AFL, (to be referred to as “the Union”) is engaged in unfair labor practices within the meaning of § 8(b), Subsection 4(A) and 4'(B) of the *364 Act. 29 U.S.C.A. § 158 (b) 4(A, B). The matter was referred to the petitioner and investigated by him. After such investigation, he has reasonable cause to believe that the charges are true and that a Complaint of the Board based thereon should issue against the respondent.

Specifically, it is alleged that since the early part of this year the Union has been engaged in a campaign to secure recognition from…