Case: Labor Relations/Union Unfair Labor Practices (N.L.R.B.)

The National Labor Relations Board affirmed the ruling of an administrative law judge that a International Longshoremen’s Association local violated the National Labor Relations Act by refusing to represent a union hiring hall user in a seniority claim, and threatening retaliation against other members who opposed the union in a proceeding. The board found that the ALJ was correct in finding that the union had committed unfair labor practices when the president refused to represent a member in a grievance due to a previous lack of support for that president’s candidacy, and that he clearly threatened at a local board ...