Kohler Co.

79 Cited authorities

Labor Board v. Laughlin
301 U.S. 1 (1937) Cited 1,507 times 2 Legal Analyses
Holding that the National Labor Relations Act applied only to interstate commerce, and upholding its constitutionality on that basis
Radio Officers v. Labor Board
347 U.S. 17 (1954) Cited 471 times 1 Legal Analyses
Holding that "[t]he policy of the Act is to insulate employees' jobs from their organizational rights"
Labor Board v. Insurance Agents
361 U.S. 477 (1960) Cited 325 times 2 Legal Analyses
Holding that, subject to the duty to bargain in good faith, "parties should have wide latitude in their negotiations"
Labor Board v. Borg-Warner Corp.
356 U.S. 342 (1958) Cited 296 times 1 Legal Analyses
Holding employer's insistence on a ballot clause was an unfair labor practice under § 8 because it was a non-mandatory subject of bargaining and it "substantially modifies the collective-bargaining system provided for in the statute by weakening the independence of the 'representative' chosen by the employees. It enables the employer, in effect, to deal with its employees rather than with their statutory representative."
Railway Employes' Dept. v. Hanson
351 U.S. 225 (1956) Cited 290 times 2 Legal Analyses
Holding that court enforcement of a union shop agreement, which would require all railroad employees to become union members does not violate the First Amendment right to association
Labor Board v. American Ins. Co.
343 U.S. 395 (1952) Cited 269 times
Holding the degree of discretion in a CBA "is an issue for determination across the bargaining table, not by the Board"
Labor Board v. Truitt Mfg. Co.
351 U.S. 149 (1956) Cited 223 times 8 Legal Analyses
Holding that the duty to produce information relevant to a bargaining issue is derivative from the broader statutory duty to bargain in good-faith
May Stores Co. v. Labor Board
326 U.S. 376 (1945) Cited 257 times
Requiring "a clear determination by the Board of an attitude of opposition to the purposes of the Act to protect the rights of employees generally"
Franks Bros. Co. v. Labor Board
321 U.S. 702 (1944) Cited 252 times 1 Legal Analyses
Recognizing the legitimacy of the Board's view that the unlawful refusal to bargain collectively with employees' chosen representative disrupts employee morale, deters organizational activities, and discourages membership in unions.
Labor Board v. Fansteel Corp.
306 U.S. 240 (1939) Cited 281 times
In Fansteel, the Board awarded reinstatement with backpay to employees who engaged in a "sit down strike" that led to confrontation with local law enforcement officials.

Kohler Co.

79 Cited authorities

Holding that the National Labor Relations Act applied only to interstate commerce, and upholding its constitutionality on that basis

Holding that "[t]he policy of the Act is to insulate employees' jobs from their organizational rights"

Holding that, subject to the duty to bargain in good faith, "parties should have wide latitude in their negotiations"

Holding that court enforcement of a union shop agreement, which would require all railroad employees to become union members does not violate the First Amendment right to association

Holding the degree of discretion in a CBA "is an issue for determination across the bargaining table, not by the Board"

Holding that the duty to produce information relevant to a bargaining issue is derivative from the broader statutory duty to bargain in good-faith

Requiring "a clear determination by the Board of an attitude of opposition to the purposes of the Act to protect the rights of employees generally"

Recognizing the legitimacy of the Board's view that the unlawful refusal to bargain collectively with employees' chosen representative disrupts employee morale, deters organizational activities, and discourages membership in unions.

In Fansteel, the Board awarded reinstatement with backpay to employees who engaged in a "sit down strike" that led to confrontation with local law enforcement officials.