Holding that NLRB acts in public capacity and “[t]he fact that these proceedings operate to confer an incidental benefit on private persons does not detract from this public purpose”
In NLRB v. Signal Oil Gas Co., 303 F.2d 785 (5th Cir. 1962), this Circuit has discussed at length the obligation of the employer where there are competing unions and "the situation [has] not crystallized," not to exert influence thereby tipping the scales and "depriving the employees of their right to select their representative in a free contest between the rival organizations."
29 U.S.C. § 151 Cited 5,092 times 34 Legal Analyses
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"