Extract
Millwrights' Local 2232, 300 (1958)
Millwrights' Local 2232, United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America, AFL-CIO, and District Council of Houston and Vicinity, United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America, AFL-CIO and United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America, AFL-CIO [Farnsworth & Chambers,
Inc.] and W. W. Legg. Case No. 39-CB-165. December 4,1958* DECISION AND ORDEROn July 12, 1957, Trial Examiner A. Bruce Hunt issued his Intermediate Report in the above-entitled proceeding, finding that the Respondents Local 2232 and District Council 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 Respondent International had not engaged in any unfair labor practices and that Respondents Local 2232 and District Council had not engaged in certain other unfair labor practices alleged in the complaint and recommended dismissal of those allegations. Thereafter, the General Counsel filed exceptions to the Intermediate Report and a supporting brief.The Board 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, with the following additions and modifications.1. Responsibility of the International: The Trial Examiner found that as the International was not a party to the contract and has had no connection with the closed-shop hiring practices engaged in by the other respondents, there is no basis for holding the International responsible. The General Counsel excepts to this finding on the ground that, as the International's laws were so designed as to bring about these unlawful hiring practices, the International must share responsibility for such practices together with Local 2232 and District Council. We find merit in this exception.The. International's constitution, which sets forth the 'fundamental principles, policies and objects of the organization,' makes it abundantly clear that members of the United Brotherhood and its constituent bodies are expected and required to conduct themselves in accordance with certain basic principles. Thus, the constitution proclaims that local unions and members of the United Brotherhood are 'subject to its laws and usages ...' (sec. 1, par. A), and that, while 122 NLRB No. 41.MILLWRIGHTS' LOCAL 2232 301 local unions and district councils shall have the power to make bylaws and trade rules, they shall 'in no way conflict with the Constitution and Laws of the United Brotherhood, and must be approved by the First General Vice President before becoming law . . .' (sec.25, par. A; see also sec. 6 , par. C). The constitution further vests the International with the power to establish and charter local unions and district councils, and declares t...See the full content of this document
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