Fishbeck Awning Co., Ltd.

National Labor Relations Board - Board Decisions

Aug 4, 1950

90 N.L.R.B. 1752 (N.L.R.B. 1950)

In the Matter of FISIIBECK AWNING Co., LTD., EMPLOYER and UNITED
FURNITURE WORKERS OF AMERICA, CIO, PETITIONER
Case No. 01-PC-1008.-Decided August 4, 1950
DECISION AND ORDER
Upon a petition duly filed under Section 9 (c) of the National. Labor
Relations Act, a hearing was held before Ben Grodsky, hearing officer.
The hearing officer's rulings made at the hearing are free from prej-
udicial error and are hereby affirmed.
Pursuant to the provisions of Section 3 (b) of the Act, the Board
has delegated its powers in connection with this case to a three-member
panel [Chairman Herzog and Members Houston and Styles].
Upon the entire record in this case; the Board finds :
1. The Employer, with two retail. stores at Pasadena and Long
Beach, California; is engaged in the manufacture, repair, and whole-
sale and retail sales of furniture, draperies, shades, awnings, and floor
coverings. Its employees principally make, fit, repair, and install
items to the orders of local customers. The Employer's purchases
include both raw materials for processing and sale and finished goods
for resale. The Employer annually purchases materials having a
value of $250,000, of which amount $47,000 represents materials
shipped to it directly from without the State; and it sells products
valued at $550,000, of which amount $550 represents products shipped
directly' outside the State. The Employer contends that it is not
engaged in commerce within the meaning of the Act.
We find, that, although the Employer's operations affect commerce
within the meaning of the Act, they are essentially local in character
and, consequently, it would not effectuate the policies of the Act to
assert jurisdiction in this case.'
ORDER
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the petition herein be, and it hereby is,
dismissed.
1 Maurice Freeman , Harry Welsh and Milton Mandell, doing business as Ace Venetian
Blind Mfg . Co., 87 NLRB 447; Detroit Canvas Manufacturers Association , 80 NLRB 267.
90 NLRB No. 211.
1752