Rudolph And Charles Kudile, Co-partners Doing Business Under The Name Of Kudile Bros. Hasbrouck Heights Dairy And Milk Drivers & Dairy Employees Local Union No. 680, A. F. Of L., 116 (1941)

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Rudolph And Charles Kudile, Co-partners Doing Business Under The Name Of Kudile Bros. Hasbrouck Heights Dairy And Milk Drivers & Dairy Employees Local Union No. 680, A. F. Of L., 116 (1941)

In the Matter of RUDOLPH AND CHARLES KUDILE, CO-PARTNERS DOING BUSINESS UNDER THE NAME OF KUDILE BROS. HASBROUCK HEIGHTS DAIRY and MILK DRIVERS & DAIRY EMPLOYEES LOCAL UNION No.

680, A. F. of L.

Case No. C-1660.-Decided November 26, 1940 Jurisdiction: dairy industry.

Unfair Labor Practices Interference, Restraint, and Coercion: anti-union statements; interrogation concerning union activities; threats to discharge employees joining union; granting unrequested pay raise; procuring new route drivers' agreements; suggesting at employees' meeting formation of 'company' union; interference with selection of grievance committee; refusing to allow authorized representatives be present at an employees' meeting; inducing employees to sign distorted statement concerning events at an employees' meeting.

Discrimination: discharges for union activities.

Remedial Orders: reinstatement and back pay.

Practice and Procedure: complaint amended by striking allegations of 8 (5) violation upon request, without objection, of union.

Mr. Alba B. Martin, for the Board.

Mr. Albert S. Gross, of Hackensack, N. J., for the respondent.

Mr. Lawrence W. McGinley, of Hackensack, N. J., and Mr. Thomas T. Parsonnet, of Newark, N. J., for the Union.

Mr. Ben Law, of counsel to the Board.

DECISION AND ORDER STATEMlENT OF THE CASE Upon charges and amended charges duly filed by Milk Drivers & Dairy Employees Local Union #680, affiliated with the American Federation of Labor, herein called the Union, the National Labor Relations Board, herein called the Board, by the Regional Director for the Second Region (New York City), issued its complaint, dated October 19, 1939, against Rudolph and Charles Kudile, co-partners doing business under the name of Kudile Bros., Hasbrouck Heights Dairy, Hasbrouck Heights, New Jersey, herein called the respondent, alleging that the respondent had engaged in and was engaging in unfair labor practices affecting commerce within the meaning of Section 8 (1), (3), and (5) and Section 2 (6) and (7) of the National Labor Relations Act, 49 Stat. 449, herein called the Act.

Copies of the complaint and accompanying notice of hearing were duly served upon the respondent and upon the Union.

Concerning the unfair labor practices, the complaint, as amended at the opening of the hearing, alleged in substance: (1) that the respondent discharged Peter Plaskon and Herman Schroers on or about May 19, 1939, because they had joined and assisted the Union; (2) that on or about May 20, 1939, and at all times thereafter, the respondent refused to bargain collectively with the Union as the exclusive bargaining representative of its employees i...

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