CHAPTER TABLE OF CONTENTS I. L. M. R. A. IN OPERATION__. 1. Case Activities of Five-Member Board.... 2. Activities of Office of General Counsel.. 3. Division of Trial Examiners____ 4. Representation Elections and Results---.. II. THE FILING REQUIREMENTS_ 1. Rules Amended.. 2. "Fronting" for Noncomplying Unions... 4. Procedural Problems____ 5. Compliance in Bargaining Cases... 6. Compliance in Representation Cases. a. Lapse of Compliance--- b. Compliance of Intervenors.. III. REPRESENTATION AND UNION-SHOP CASES- A. The Question of Representation_ 1. Showing of Employee Interest.. 2. Existence of a Question of Representation___ Page 1 2 5 6 9 9 10 13 13 14 16 16 17 19 20 22 23 24 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 34 CHAPTER III. REPRESENTATION AND UNION-SHOP CASES-Continued C. Impact of Contracts and Prior Determinations... 1. Employees Under Contract_ 2. Effect of Invalid Union-Security Clauses. 3. Schism and Changes in Status of Contracting Agent.. 4. Change in Bargaining Unit.... 5. Duration of Contracts___ 6. Reopening Clauses.. 7. The 10-Day Rule.. Page 60 61 61 63 67 68 69 70 2. Restraint or Coercion of Employers in Choice of Bar- 130 3. Causing or Attempting to Cause an Employer to Dis- 131 6. Secondary Strikes and Boycotts for Recognition... 148 149 151 3. Closed Shop Under the Wagner Act. 2. Reasonable Effort to Seek New Employment.-- V. SUPREME COURT RULINGS__ 1. The Non-Communist Affidavit.. 2. Scope of Judicial Review.... 4. Extent of State Jurisdiction__. VI. ENFORCEMENT LITIGATION_ 157 157 159 159 162 164 165 168 1. Principles Relating to Employer Unfair Practices_ 169 169 b. Employees Entitled to Benefits of the Act. 170 c. Protected Employee Activities____ 170 d. Free Speech Protection of Employers.. 1. Subpoena Enforcement Proceedings. 2. Suits for Review in Representation Cases-- IX. FISCAL STATEMENT. 210 212 213 215 216 APPENDIX List of Appendices A. Definitions of Types of Cases- B. Statistical Tables Covering Fiscal Year 1950-- C. Regional Offices of the Board, Location, and Directing Personnel.. List of Tables Tables Appearing in Chapters VI and VII 217 218 254 TABLE 1. Results of Litigation for Enforcement or Review of Board Orders__ 168 197 Tables Appearing in Appendix B 1. Number of Cases Received, Closed, and Pending by Identification 218 1A. Number of Unfair Labor Practice Cases Received, Closed, and Pending by Identification of Complainant.... 219 1B. Number of Representation Cases and Union-Shop Authorization Cases Received, Closed, and Pending by Identification of Petitioner... 220 2. Monthly Distribution of Cases Received....... 221 TABLE 3. Types of Unfair Labor Practices Alleged___ A. Charges Filed Against Employers Under Section 8 (a)......... B. Charges Filed Against Unions Under Section 8 (b)..---C. Charges Filed Against Unions Under Section 8 (b) (4).__ 4. Geographic Distribution of Unfair Labor Practice, Representation, and Union-Shop Authorization Cases.. 5. Industrial Distribution of Cases.... 6. Regional Distribution of Cases.... Page 222 222 222 222 223 224 225 7. Disposition of Unfair Labor Practice Cases Closed... 226 8. Disposition of Representation Cases Closed........ 227 9. Disposition of Union-Shop Authorization Cases Closed.. 228 10. Remedial Action Taken by Employers in Unfair Practice Cases Closed... 229 11. Remedial Action Taken by Unions in Unfair Practice Cases Closed 12. Formal Actions Taken____ 229 230 13. Types of Elections Conducted... 231 14. Size of Unit in Union-Shop Authorization Polls Conducted______ 15. Collective Bargaining Elections and Votes Cast for Participating Unions--- A. Elections___ B. Eligible Voters and Valid Votes Cast.. 16. Decertification Elections and Votes Cast for Participating Unions 17. Union-Shop Authorization Polls and Votes Cast for Participating Unions... A. Elections__ B. Eligible Voters and Valid Votes Cast.. 231 232 232 233 234 235 235 235 18. Industrial Distribution of Collective Bargaining Elections... 236 238 240 242 244 246 248 25. Record of Injunctions Petitioned for Under Section 10 (j) and Section 10 (1) During Fiscal Year 1949... 250 26. Record of Injunctions Petitioned for Under Section 10 (j) and Section 10 (1) During Fiscal Year 1950.... 252 List of Charts CHART 1. Comparison of Cases Filed in Fiscal 1949 and 1950, by Type of 3 2. Total Number of Cases Received and Disposed of by the Board 3. Total Number of Cases Filed, Closed, and Pending...... 4. Total Number of Unfair Practice and Representation Cases Filed, 8 5. Collective Bargaining Elections Held... 11 12 7. Unfair Labor Practice Cases Filed Against Employers and Unions. 15 23 |