Chemical Workers v. Pittsburgh Glass

Holding retirees are not "employees" within the bargaining unit

Nat'l Labor Relations Bd. v. United Insurance Co. of America

Holding that "all of the incidents of the relationship must be assessed and weighed with no one factor being decisive"

Guss v. Utah Labor Relations Board

Holding that state-law claims are preempted even when the NLRB refuses to assume jurisdiction

Pittsburgh Glass Co. v. Board

In Pittsburgh Glass, the Court held that it was not a denial of due process for the Board to refuse to consider evidence relating to the certification issue when petitioner first sought to introduce such evidence at the unfair labor practice hearing.

Teamsters Union v. Oliver

In Teamsters v. Oliver, 358 U.S. 283 (1959), we held that a state antitrust law could not be used to challenge an employer-union agreement. Justice White's opinion in Jewel Tea explains, however, that Oliver held only that "[a]s the agreement did not embody a `"remote and indirect approach to the subject of wages'... but a direct frontal attack upon a problem thought to threaten the maintenance of the basic wage structure established by the collective bargaining contract,' [358 U.S.], at 294, the paramount federal policy of encouraging collective bargaining proscribed application of the state law.

Amalgamated Clothing Wkrs. of Am. v. N.L.R.B

Section 151 - Findings and declaration of policy

Finding that "protection by law of the right of employees to organize and bargain collectively safeguards commerce" and declaring a policy of "encouraging the practice and procedure of collective bargaining"