Chicago Tribune Co., 1055 (1990)

Docket Number: 13-CA-28070

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Chicago Tribune Co., 1055 (1990)

Chicago Tribune Company and Local 134, International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, AFL-CIO. Cases 13-CA-28070, 13-CA-28247, and 13-CA-28311

December 28, 1990

DECISION AND ORDER

BY CHAIRMAN STEPHENS AND MEMBERS DEVANEY AND RAUDABAUGH

On July 3, 1990, Administrative Law Judge Peter E. Donnelly issued the attached decision. The Respondent filed exceptions and a supporting brief, and the General Counsel filed a brief in response.1

The National Labor Relations Board has delegated its authority in this proceeding to a three-member panel.

The Board has considered the decision and the record in light of the exceptions and briefs and has decided to affirm the judge's rulings, findings,2 and conclusions3 and to adopt the recommended Order.

ORDER

The National Labor Relations Board adopts the recommended Order of the administrative law judge and orders that the Respondent, Chicago Tribune Company, Chicago, Illinois, its officers, agents, successors, and assigns, shall take the action set forth in the Order.

Jessica T. Willis and Paul Bosanac, Esqs., for the General

Counsel.

Douglas A. Darch, Esq., of Chicago, Illinois, for the Respondent.

Robert E. Fitzgerald Jr., Esq., of Chicago, Illinois, for the

Charging Party.

DECISION

STATEMENT OF THE CASE

PETER E. DONNELLY, Administrative Law Judge. On timely filed charges by Local 134, International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, AFL-CIO (Union or Charging Party), a complaint issued in Case 13-CA-280701 on November 22, 1988, alleging that Chicago Tribune Company (Respondent or Employer) violated Section 8(a)(1) and (3) of the Act by prohibiting employees from bringing food on the shop floor and by suspending Martin Kaczmarek, an employee. Thereafter, on January 24, 1989, a complaint issued in Case 13- CA-28247 alleging that Respondent violated Section 8(a)(1) and (3) of the Act by issuing a verbal and a written warning to Kaczmarek. On March 7, 1989, a complaint issued in Case 13-CA-28311 alleging that Respondent violated Section 8(a)(1) and (3) of the Act by issuing a written disciplinary warning to Kaczmarek and subsequently discharging Kaczmarek in about February 3, 1989. Answers were timely filed by Respondent. On March 7, 1...

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