*1 9á8' reading of naturally we A resent. attempt- opinion court will- that the show sup- arguments ed to state facts They might plaintiff’s ported position. per- controlling and well have been suasive, least, use for the lia- aggregate “in shall
words no event more bility Surety one for principal during defaults of the suretyship under years more to, extended referred bond hereinabove set specifically exceed the amount words, bond.” in said forth argu- us, outweighed facts seemed ments contrary conclusion pointing lia- maximum of to hold the and caused us $25,000. bility bond each mo- rehearing and the for petition are both modification for tion Counsel, Fahy, Charles Gen. Denied. Watts, Robert B. Counsel, Gen. Associate son, Thomas I. Emer- Owsley Vose, Knapp, Laurence A. C., petitioner. Washington, D. for all ’ Reed, Pa., Pittsburgh, Earl F. Otto 111., Jaburek, Chicago, C. M. A. Thorp, Jr., Laughlin, Jr., Charles E. John Hewitt, Thorp, Bostwick, Reed .& C. Armstrong, Pa., Pittsburgh, re- BOARD RELATIONS LABOR NATIONAL spondent. & ENAMELING v. COLUMBIAN Shafer, Haute, Ind., Paul R. Terre CO., Inc. STAMPING interveners. No. 6324. EVANS, SPARKS, Before and TREA- Appeals, Seventh Circuit. Circuit Court NOR, Judges. Circuit April 28, 1938.
EVANS, Judge. Circuit the enforcement of Petitioner seeks -of the National order directing respondent company to Board employees, who theretofore reinstate gone replaced strike and had been on a The order1 of employees. other finding the com- predicated on a prac- guilty of unfair
pany had pursuant findings section of law and conclusions basis of tbe of fact and “On tlie 160(c)], (c) tbe Na- [29 Relations Act U.S.C.A. tbe National Labor subdivision respondent, hereby tbe Enamel- tbe Columbian Relations Board orders tional Labor ing following action, agents, Stamping Company, take its & officers policies the Act: effectuate the which tbe Board finds will employed production Discharge employment who were from its “1. July 22, 1935, individuals who were so so created reinstate to vacancies on employment substantially equivalent employed elsewhere and have not since received place for reinstatement as and list to be called of such individuals the remainder when their labor needed. paragraph order, Upon required reinstating of this cease “2. Stamping bargain collectively Enameling refusing Em- Mill and desist from ployees representative production of hours exclusive Union No. 19694 ployed by respect pay, wages, employment, and other rates employment. conditions of day from Board on or before thirtieth “3. File with the National Labor Relations setting writing report Order, in detail manner forth the date of service and foregoing requirements.” complied form in which it has
94<j were ployed persons, of whom bargain the about 600 tices; namely, refusal to employees who production and its maintenance majority of represented a union which membership the Enamel- eligible to were employees. Union, Employees ing Stamping Mill to been hired employees who The eligible No. 19694. of the About 485 intervened and replace strikers have the employees belonged union. The to the appear separately. 1935; began the Na- March the The conflict became effec- tional Labor protracted and been bitter. union has tive, 5, 1935; specific day July find it nec- We issues. It covers several alleged to have re- company is which the facts somewhat in de- essary to state the 1935. bargain July fused to thorough understanding of give to tail its respondent and agreement between case. expired July 14, year for a ployees ran importance Enameling Because of the The Columbian The Facts: presentation of the succes- corpo- chronological Company, an Indiana Stamping conflict, Haute, Indiana, steps set forth we them ration, Terre sive this located at in detail. sells enamelware. It em- manufactures Company arbitrate, year, differe July future and Union contracted to Company ef labor officials nces.† first to contract but Fed. at foctcd. affiliate). By September, 1934, (A. July Union 19694 of L. formed F. production employees were members. system. -requested Aug. to institute “check-off” 'Union Seale Com. Co. 1934 1934 sending employees setting Company forth letters to all started circular October position re conflict. system Company employees would not use be- it “check-off” notified Oet. illegal assignments pay it unless new cause believed it be to every days. made Enameling Stamping Company, Its Inc. and †Labor Contract Columbian Employees. Regional Indianapolis July meeting held in offices Labor Board on “At presided agreed Chairman, Beckner, Earl to over Dr. above R. following contract: Seniority prevail throughout plant. “(1) In shall it becomes the event employee upon necessary pany’s employees, to reduce the force of the last entered Com- furloughed. payroll employee No bo shall be the first be new shall furloughed employed recalling until all been returned to work. have furloughed employees duty, point employee of service shall be applied first the oldest employee duty. seniority to be returned to rule be on the basis de- shall partments plant. within Manage- “(2) Employees promoted upon competency. of either sex will be the basis of right competency. ment shall have the to determine against “(3) mem- No been or will of his or her bo discriminated because have bership non-membership in, or labor union affiliation with non-affiliation with organization. every rest-period “(4) rest-period granted four A be shall female laborers of ten minutes for to all other performed. departments apply hours of labor This is where ** * practiced. . is now agree- “(5) party modify When either he shall to this terminate or desires to ment, give days thirty party in advance of written notice least to the other such termination. “(6) necessary employment given, In the event that it becomes amount to reduce the management agrees spread among employees. Management available work lay necessary point reserves the to determine at off it becomes what spread rather than the work. Any “(7) employee hearing given Company dismissed from the service shall be days hearing within dismissal, by representatives three from date of to be conducted employee management. employee and the Should be determined involved has unjustly dismissed, duty paid such restored to for time lost. “(8) Management proper provide factory. will endeavor to ventilation in the “(9) “(10) departments privi- representing A in the various shall be committee leged respective any grievance departments up arise in their take Failing adjust charge department. grievance, foreman in such committee of said permitted Department Superintendent, from him if nec- to refer the to t-he matter essary finally Manager Company. Superintendent the General Plant dispute arising satisfactory “In of a under this contract ease in which a settlement composed reaehed, cannot be to a committee of arbitration shall be referred persons persons Union, Management, of two and fifth two selected selected Company negotiate, (postponed Nov. notified union Oct. 26). Nov. Taylor Company (Fed. man) Mr. and Scale met with Com. Nov. Company’s representative shop. refused; asked for closed asked for pay, it. said not warrant *3 increase conditions did 20% agree presented Company: Company 4, (1) Com. 1935 Scale demands to Jan. lay suspended by Company refused; (2) off member union. shop. asked closed subjects. 5, on 1935 for arbitration these Feb. Union asked company Meeting 7, 8, and union. Feb. Feb. 1935 1935 between stating Company union, employees, proposals of Jan. letter sent etc. purview not 4 within arbitration they Company 9, did not to out circular letters because Feb. 1935 Union wrote send affairs, know want other non-members foremen to of their not and company and deal with scale committee. asked that union, citing Company 19, letter to and section 7 Feb. 1935 circular A., (a). I. R. 15 U.S.C.A. N. Meeting Company Company 5, 1935 between and Union. Mar. 5, and it it letters first told Scale would show all circular Mar. Com. objections let it state thereto. proposals. Company Taylor 11, 17, Com., met Mar. Mar. and Mr. to discuss Jan. 4 1935 1935 Union Scale containing Company’s Company sent a letter resolutions —recited agree proposals; failure to to arbitrate re said would work joined anyone with who have union and did not. production employees were members of Union. 485 Union 1935 1935 Mar. and 22, to call all members of union struck. moved Mar. designated time, majority union 22, Since" this of units of have 'Mar. agent. as collective Picketing Company’s plant March ex- 23-July 23, closed. since Mar. during pickets. cept unruly of martial Sometimes 50 time law. Sometimes who caused much destruction. crowds Dept, of Labor from tried settle strike. He stated Conciliator March company shop and refused conciliator- was closed and wanted union quit. building indefinitely. Company closed announced 1935 1935 Mar. May company requested and between the Mayor conference Haute Terre ' meeting stating Company because it uselessness refused union. provided. shop and so have closed - May Company to return to- individuals foreman solicited 20 the May After many did. and work willing saying newspaper Company in Terre Haute advertised June taking recognition agreement” operate open union “without to back indiscriminately. men non-union union and meeting. asked Committee Scale June June representatives both sides. 1935 Conference '29 effective. U.S.C.A. § Act became July seq. et reopen interfered; shop made-plans Company 40 men. and union July 19, 1935 plant by police. accompanied into police protest included of use of called labor strike July General 22, 1935 day. July 15,000 Haute; On next there militia terminated Terre persons thrown; plant and1 missiles were called around picketing proclaimed and forbidden. martial law plant positions, Company reopened some union July and filled 23, 1935 old. By By Aug. 19, 190 old men. returned. some new company Sept. 1935, full had force. Company Department July conciliators conferred of Labor Two days union, they agreed and several later to confer changed mind, and to confer further. 14, 1934, is to be . party tently binding upon person [*] “In “(12) “It “(11) [**] [*] is drafting omitted. to be selected This contract shall run for Wherever appended agreed both contract, the, thereto. possible above clause be parties contract which was clause of its by pending to this contract. follows: management four, decision ” the contract who shall period one clause which hereby signed There of one is on reach a Committee of Arbitration. limit the hours of work to made a July originally year 14th, 1934, be no decision from part drafted date, stoppage which shall be final and agreed original is, to was inadver- signed work representatives eight until contract July per day. July and; 14,. merce, exist, thereby if found bur- of law are: issues dened. constitutionality (1) The of the Nation- Act, al Labor Relations 29 U.S.C.A. § seq. et (3) the Board’s order valid. Whether so, sup- If can be enforced to the (2) Whether there is evidence whether intervenors, port finding present em- the Board’s of unfair labor detriment of the practices, ployees. if so interstate com- whether CONTENTIONS AND COUNTER-CONTENTIONS.
Respondent’s
Petitioner’s
Contentions.
Contentions.
*4
1)
1)
(Na-
act has been held constitutional
act is
The
tional
Laughlin
unconstitutional.
Labor Relations Bd. v. Jones &
Corp.,
1,
Steel
301
57 S.Ct.
U.S.
893,
1352,
108 A.L.R.
and
81 L.Bd.
cases.)
other
Majority
2)
man-
2)
material used in the
of raw
Interstate
commerce is not
involved be-
states; and
comes from 20
ufacture
cause
85%
both raw materials and finished
shipped
product
47
products
Company’s
to
is
of manufactured
remain at rest in the
states;
eight
place
and
railroads
three interstate
and
for several months before
after
shipment
interstate truckers
used.
interstate
tinuity
and therefore the con-
shipment
in interstate commerce
is broken.
Picketing
Company
August 4, 1935
resumed.
bargain collectively
Company
did not
Sept.
refused to
with union.
1935
asking for conference.
answer letters of Union
Sept.
supra.)
(Same
as
3935
occurrence
Oct.
striking
company
employees
bht
to take hack
union
asked
A
official
1935
Oct.
sign
they
application
company
for em-
and told official
ployment.
'
regional
complaint
was
Union
director
1935
filed
Oct.
N;
practices
engaging
L.
forbidden
R. A.
in unfair labor
complaint against Company
unfair acts
section
for
issued
Nov.
158(1,5),
(7),
(1)
(5)
(6)
and
§§
and
and section 2
U.S.C.A.
152(6, 7).
alleging:
unconstitutional,
Company
(b)
(a) Act was
Com-
filed answer
Dec.
Allegations
commerce;
(c)
pany
engaged
do
in interstate
was not
(d)
July
charge
practices;
and
not
of unfair
labor
constitute
striking
Company gave opportunity
August,
return
contrary
many did;
(e)
to labor
made demands
Union
although
shop
arbitration
such
for closed
demanded
in
begun
examiner,
and closed December
Trial
Board
before
board
labor
Dec.
proceeding
16,
14,
before it for
transferred
determination.
1935
1936 Order of Board
1937 Board filed
ordered
Dec.
for
Feb.
July
reinstatement.
petition
for enforcement of
order.
court
provisions read as follows:
practice
8(1,5),
158(1,5):
an
“It
be an unfair
labor
29 U.S.C.A.
§
Section
employer—
guar-
restrain,
with,
“(1)
in the
or coerce
exercise of
interfere
To
title].
of this
section
anteed
IT57
subject
collectively
representatives
employees,
bargain
“(5)
his
To refuse to
[159(a)
provisions
title].”
of section
provides:
§
29 U.S.C.A.
Section
“Employees
organ-
right
form, join,
self-organization,
or assist labor
shall have
through representatives
choosing,
bargain collectively
izations,
en-
own
of their
bargaining
purpose
gage
other mutual aid
collective
or
in concerted activities for
protection.”
or
provides:
159(a),
(a), 29
Section 9
§
U.S.C.A.
designated
“Representatives
purposes
for the
of collective
or selected
purposes,
majority
representatives
appropriate
for such
shall be
exclusive
a unit
bargain-
purposes
unit for the
of collective
of all the
in such
employ-
employment,
ing
respect
pay, wages,
conditions
or other
hours of
rates
employee
group
any
Provided,
shall have the
individual
That
ment:
grievances
employer.”
any
present
to their
time to
*
* *
any
term‘employee’
152(3):
shall include
(3),
in-
“The
Section
U.S.C.A.
with, any
consequence of, or in
current
connection
work has ceased
dividual whose
practice,
and who has not obtained
other
unfair labor
because
”*
* *
substantially equivalent employment.
regular and
‘
Respondent's
Petitioner's Contentions.
Contentions.
things
3)
demanding
3)
Union
closed
chinery
than
have been use-
was
other
Further conferences would
demanding
pay
shop,
ma-
2 hour
when
union was
less because all that
was a
asking
shop,
Union was
broke down.
closed
operate.
conferences,
indicative-
not so
conciliatory
of fact
mood.
passed
4)
applicable,
4)
strike
need not
The act was
after the
The act
ápplic
inapplicable;
furthermore,
retroactively
here
therefore
the strike was an
construed
illegal one because there
to meet and con
able because the refusal
fer occurred on
being
July
agreement,
thereafter,
22 and
was an arbitration
illegal
passage
act,
strike
strike
violation
and the com
after the
wage
lationship
employment agreement,
arbitrate,
pany
the re-
and the
had refused
agreement only provided
arbitration
there should be no strike
The arbitration
a matter
terminated.
con-
while
provided
pending
be no
Ar
should
the Committee* of
tract
there
before
bitratiop.
.
terminate
strikes.
A
does
relationship
employer-employee
(Cit
ing
Case, Michaelson v.
the Michaelson
Chicago,
P., M. & R.
S. ex
St.
O.
U.
rel.
940).
Co.,
Cir.,
The National
291 F.
applicable
*5
held
has
Labor Act
been
the strike occurred
prior
cases
two
where
Jeffery-DeWitt
passage.
Insulator
-to its
Board, 4
v. National Labor Relations
Co.
139,
948,
Cir.,
134,
91
112 A.L.R.
F.2d
55,
denied,
18,
82
Oct.
58 S.Ct.
L.
cer.
—;
Case, Na
Lumber
Ed.
Co.
Carlisle
Lum
Rel. Board v. Carlisle
tional Labor
ber
on
pending
Co., Cir.,
138, now
9
94 F.2d
application
Supreme
for certiorari
Court, filed Mar. 30.
Court,
Supreme
petitioner’s
that
view
argument of this case
Subsequent
in interstate
com-
engaged
Supreme
decisions
announced
Court
6
***4
merce.
which have narrowed
following cases
through the final determination
the issues
ordinarily
may also be assumed that
It
legal
controverted
previously were
of what
al-
employer-employee
of
exists
status
questions.
pas-
before the
though the strike occurred
pur-
and is assumed
It
be
sage
Labor Relations
National
Labor
the National
poses of
case that
this
passage.
and continued after
exercise of
authorized
Act is an
Relations
however,
conclusions,
do not
valid, and
Congress and is
by
power
a
question. We have
or solve our
meet
thereby
ordinari-
does
on strike
one out
parties
(the
case where
relation
employer-employee
interrupt
ly
by a written
employees) bound themselves
words,
In other
existing.
previously
subject:
agreement on
such,
not brok-
employee, status
authorities
(Some
by
satisfactory
strike.
en
which
case in
“In
court,
including those
holding,
so
dispute arising under
this
settlement of
margin.5 )
in the
collected
reached,
such
cannot be
contract
of arbitra-
discussion,
committee
referred to a
accept
shall
without
We
persons
of two
selected
composed
the recent
tion
decisions
clear
seems
Penn, Greyhound
577,
Lines, Inc.,
4
82 L.
58 S.Ct.
Relations Board v.
National
Grey
1938;
February 28,
v. Pacific
—,
National
decided
Ed.
hound
February
1938;
28,
—,
Lines, Inc.,
577,
Lauf v. Shin
decided
58
82 L.Ed.
S.Ct.
February
1938;
28,
578,
—,
Fruit
Co.,
and Santa Cruz
decided
58
82 L.Ed.
&
S.Ct.
ner
—,
656,
Pkg.
March
Board, 58
82 L.Ed.
decided
S.Ct.
National Labor
Co. v.
28, 1938.
Cir.,
Co.,
Chicago,
P.,
5
F.
& O. R.
291
ex rel.
St.
M.
United States
Michaelson v.
451;
grounds
(reversed
35 A.L.R.
69 L.Ed.
on other
in 266 U.S.
S.Ct.
315;
Cir.,
Co.,
L.R.A.,N.S.,
Tri
166
7
Allis-Chalmers
F.
v.
Iron Molders’ Union
728;
Foundries,
Cir.,
Rela
City
Nat. Labor
Steel
238 F.
v. American
Council
Trades
13, 1937;
Co.,
Cir.,
decided December
94 F.2d
Lumber
v.
tions Board
Jeffery-DeWitt
Carlisle
Board,
Cir.,
