J. P. Stevens & Co.

National Labor Relations Board - Board Decisions

Oct 20, 1983

268 N.L.R.B. 58 (N.L.R.B. 1983)

DECISIONS OF NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD
J. P. Stevens & Company, Inc. and Amalgamated
Clothing and Textile Workers Union, AFL-
CIO, CLC. Cases 10-CA-12611, 10-CA-
12838, 10-CA-13247, and 10--CA-12611
20 October 1983
DECISION AND ORDER
On 13 October 1983 J. P. Stevens & Company,
Inc. (the Respondent), Amalgamated Clothing and
Textile Workers Union, AFL-CIO, CLC (the
Union), and the General Counsel of the National
Labor Relations Board entered into a stipulation, in
settlement of these cases, subject to approval of the
Board. Pursuant to the Stipulation the parties seek
to withdraw their exceptions and cross-exceptions
to the Decision and Supplemental Decision issued
by the administrative law judge on 27 April 1979
(JD-194-79) and 26 February 1982 (JD-97-82), re-
spectively. The parties agreed that the Stipulation,
the judge's Decision and Supplemental Decision,
the amended consolidated complaint, and the
record made before the judge would constitute the
complete record in this case. Based on that record,
the Stipulation provides that the Board, without
further notice, could enter an Order based on the
Order and Supplemental Order set forth in the
judge's Decision and Supplemental Decision, as
modified by the Stipulation.
The Board approves the Stipulation and has de-
termined to issue the Order provided for in it. Ac-
cordingly, the Board affirms the rulings, findings,
and conclusions of the judge in his Decision and
Supplemental Decision and adopts the Orders set
forth in those Decisions, as modified by the Stipu-
lation.
ORDER
The National Labor Relations Board orders that
the Respondent, J. P. Stevens & Company, Inc.,
Milledgeville, Georgia, its officers, agents, succes-
sors, and assigns, shall
1. Cease and desist from
(a) Telling employees that it would be futile for
them to select the Amalgamated Clothing and Tex-
tile Workers Union, AFL-CIO, CLC, as their col-
lective-bargaining representative and indicating to
them that it would not bargain in good faith.
(b) Predicting a strike in the event the employees
select the Union to represent them and threatening
to replace employees in such event.
(c) Conveying to employees the idea that em-
ployees who sign union cards are disloyal to the
Company and warning them that signing union
cards can have serious consequences.
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(d) Implying that employees might suffer repris-
als by telling them that their signing of union cards
may not be kept confidential.
(e) Engaging in surveillance of the union activi-
ties of its employees by acquiescing in the conduct
of surveillance by the police department of the city
of Milledgeville, Georgia, by assisting the police
department by furnishing information on union
meetings to public officials, by accepting lists of
employee names obtained through the surveillance,
or in any other manner engaging in surveillance.
(f) In any other manner interfering with, restrain-
ing, or coercing employees in the exercise of the
rights Auaranteed them by Section 7 of the Act.
2. Take the following affirmative action which it
is found will effectuate the policies of the Act.
(a) Post in conspicuous places, including all
places where notices to employees customarily are
posted at the Respondent's Milledgeville, Georgia
plant copies of the attached notice marked "Ap-
pendix." Copies of said notice will be furnished by
the Regional Director for Region 10 and, after
being signed by Respondent's representative, shall
be posted immediately upon receipt thereof and
maintained by the Respondent for 60 consecutive
days thereafter. Reasonable steps shall be taken by
the Respondent to insure that said notices are not
altered, defaced, or covered by any other material.
(b) Notify the Regional Director in writing
within 20 days from the date of this Order what
steps the Respondent has taken to comply.
APPENDIX
NOTICE TO EMPLOYEES
POSTED BY ORDER OF THE
NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD
An Agency of the United States Government
The Act gives employees the following rights:
To engage in self-organization
To form, join, or assist any union
To bargain collectively through representa-
tives of their own choice
To engage in activities together for the pur-
pose of collective bargaining or other mutual
aid or protection
To refrain from the exercise of any or all
such activities.
We intend to abide by your rights to engage in
such activities.
WE WILL NOT tell you, or represent to you, that
it will do you no good to select the Amalgamated
Clothing and Textile Workers Union, AFL-CIO,
CLC to represent you.
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J. P. STEVENS & CO.
WE WILL NOT tell you that the Union cannot
obtain for you better benefits or higher wages than
are paid at our other plants or that we will not
agree to better benefits or higher wages through
collective bargaining.
WE WILL NOT tell you that there will be a strike
in the event you select the Union to represent you
and WE WILL NOT threaten to replace employees in
such event.
WE WILL NOT suggest to you that we regard em-
ployees who sign union cards as disloyal to the
Company.
WE WILL NOT warn you that there can be seri-
ous consequences if you sign union cards.
WE WILL NOT suggest that we will take reprisals
against you by telling you that your signing a
union card may not be kept confidential.
WE WILL NOT engage in surveillance of your
union activities by agreeing to such surveillance by
the police department of the city of Milledgeville,
Georgia.
WE WILL NOT assist the police department of the
city of Milledgeville, Georgia, in conducting a sur-
veillance of your union meetings by furnishing
public officials information about union meetings.
WE WILL NOT in any other manner engage in
surveillance of your union activities.
J. P. STEVENS & COMPANY, INC.
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