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Jones Sausage Co., 1403 (1957)
Jones Sausage Company and Jones Abattoir Company and Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen of North America,
AFL-CIO. Case No. 11-CA-1012. September 18, 1957 DECISION AND ORDEROn February 19, 1957, Trial Examiner William F. Scharnikow issued his Intermediate Report in the above-entitled proceeding finding that the Respondents had engaged in and were engaging in certain unfair labor practices and recommending that they cease and desist therefrom and take certain affirmative action, as set forth in the copy of the Intermediate Report attached hereto. The Trial Examiner also found that the Respondents had not violated the Act in certain other respects and recommended that the complaint to that extent be dismissed. Thereafter, the Respondents filed exceptions to the Intermediate Report and a supporting brief. The Respondents' request for oral argument is denied as the record, exceptions, and brief adequately present the issues and the positions of the parties.The Board 1 has reviewed the rulings of the Trial Examiner made at the hearing and finds that no prejudicial error was committed. The rulings are hereby affirmed. The Board has considered the Intermediate Report, the exceptions and brief, and the entire record in the case and hereby adopts the findings, conclusions, and recommendations of the Trial Examiner.ORDERUpon the entire record in this case, and pursuant to Section 10 (c) of the National Labor Relations Act, as amended, the National Labor Relations Board hereby orders that the Respondents, Jones Sausage Company and Jones Abattoir Company, of Garner, North Carolina, their officers, agents, successors, and assigns, shall:1. Cease and desist from :(a) Discouraging membership in Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen of North America, AFL-CIO, or any other labor organization of their employees, by discriminatorily laying off any of their employees because of their union membership or activities, or by discriminating in any other manner in regard to their hire or tenure of employment or any term or condition of employment, except to the extent permitted by Section 8 (a) (3) of the Act.(b) Interrogating their employees concerning their attendance at union meetings, and their membership in, and activities on behalf of,Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen of North America, 1 Pursuant to provisions of Section 3 (b) of the National Labor Relations Act, as amended, the Board has delegated its powers in connection with this case to a threemember panel [ Chairman Leedom and Members Murdock and Jenkins].118 NLRB No. 188.AFL-CIO, or any other labor organization, in a manner constituting interference, restraint, or coercion in violation of Section 8 (a) (1) of the Act; threatening to reduce the work force, to withdraw a Christmas bonus and other economic benefits, or to close their plant, in the event the Union was successful in organizing the Respondents' employees; or threatening to close their plant before they would deal with the Union.(c) In any other manner interfering with, restraining, or coercing their employees in the exercise of their right to self-organization, to form, join, or assist Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen of North America, AFL-CIO, or any other labor organization, to bargain collectively through representatives of their own choosing, and to engage in other concerted activities for the purpose of collective barganing or other mutual aid or protection, or to refrai...See the full content of this document
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