420 U.S. 251 (1975) Cited 434 times 64 Legal Analyses
Holding that an employer commits an unfair labor practice by compelling an employee to attend an investigatory meeting that could lead to discipline without allowing the employee to bring a union witness
In Sign and Pictorial Union v. NLRB, 419 F.2d 726 (D.C. Cir. 1969), strike replacements had been harassed, threatened, and assaulted by striking employees in the presence of a union representative.
In Shell Oil Company v. National Labor Relations Board, 457 F.2d 615 (9th Cir. 1972), the union sought the names and addresses of all the company's unit employees, whether or not union members.
In Thayer, the court first announced that if the activity causing dismissal was protected under § 7 of the Act then denial of reinstatement was unlawful. If the activity was unprotected under § 7, however, the legality of the denial was to be determined according to a balancing test.