Charles C. Hobart, Doing Business As Hobart Cabinet Co. And American Federation Of Labor, 727 (1940)

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Charles C. Hobart, Doing Business As Hobart Cabinet Co. And American Federation Of Labor, 727 (1940)

In the Matter of CHARLES C. HOBART, DOING BUSINESS AS HOBART CABINET CO. and AMERICAN FEDERATION OF LABOR Case No. C-1579.-Decided July 22, 1940 Jurisdiction: cabinet manufacturing industry.

Unfair Labor Practices In general: responsibility of employer for activities of supervisory employees.

Interference, Restraint, and Coercion: interviewing employees individually at a time when they were attempting to organize; grant of wage increases following previous disclaimer of inability to raise wages, to forestall the movement toward self-organization by eliminating the major incentive for such employee action; taking vote requesting employees to indicate their preference between propositions stated; inducing employee to deal individually regarding his wages.

Remedial Orders: employer ordered to cease and desist unfair labor practices.

Mr. Max W. Johnstone, for the Board.

Shipman & Shipman, by Mr. F. L. Shipman and Mr. L. H. Shipman; and Mr. Baird Broomhall and Mr. Irvine L. Dungan, all of Troy,

Ohio, for the respondent.

Mr.. W. H. Whetro, of Ironton, Ohio, for the Union.

Mr. Edwin L. Swope, of counsel to the Board.

DECISION AND ORDER STATEMENT OF THE CASE Upon charges and amended charges...

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