S & K Knee Pants Co., Inc.

National Labor Relations Board - Board Decisions

Jun 9, 1937

2 N.L.R.B. 940 (N.L.R.B. 1937)

In the Matter of S & K KNEE PANTS COMPANY, INC. and AMALGA-
MATED CLOTHING WORKERS OF AMERICA
Case No. C-106.-Decided June 9, 1937
Men's Clothing Industry-"Run-Away Shop"-Interference , Restraint or Co-
erccon: closing plant with intent to remove operation to new location-Dis-
crimtnation : closing plant , discharge of employees-Employee Status : following
discriminatory discharge-Reinstatement Ordered: at new location of opera-
tions ; displacement of employees hired since resumption of operations at new
location ; transportation expenses to new location of operations ordered paid.
Mr. Laurence A. Knapp for the Board.
Mr. Monroe I. Schechter and Mrs. Isabel P. Schechter, of Lynch-
burg, Va., for respondent.
Mr. Fred. G. Krivonos and Mr. Frederick P. Mett, of counsel to
the Board.
DECISION
STATEMENT OF CASE
Charges having been duly filed by the Amalgamated Clothing
Workers of America, hereinafter termed the Union, the National
Labor Relations Board, by its agent, the Regional Director for the
Fifth Region (Baltimore, Maryland), issued and duly served its
complaint dated December 23, 1935, against the S & K Knee Pants
Company, Inc., Lynchburg, Virginia, respondent herein, alleging that
the respondent had engaged in and was engaging in unfair labor
practices affecting commerce, within the meaning of Section 8, sub-
divisions (1) and (3), and Section 2, subdivisions (6) and (7) of
the National Labor Relations Act, 49 Stat. 449, hereinafter termed
-the Act.
In substance, the complaint as amended 1 alleges that the re-
spondent, a Virginia corporation, with its principal office and places
of business in Lynchburg, Virginia, hereinafter termed the Lynch-
burg plants, is engaged in the production, sale, and distribution of
men's wearing apparel in interstate commerce; that on October 18,
1935, the respondent ceased operations of and closed its Lynchburg
plants and thereafter concluded arrangements to transfer its opera-
tions to the city of Culpeper, Virginia, for the reason that the re-
1 With the iespondent ' s consent , paragraphs 3 and 4 of the complaint were amended at
the hearing.
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.spondent's employees had joined and assisted the Amalgamated
,Clothing Workers of America, a labor organization, and had en-
gaged in concerted activities for the purposes of collective bargaining
and other mutual aid and protection, and for the reason that the
respondent sought and seeks to avoid collective bargaining with the
Union; that by the closing of its Lynchburg plants and by the
resulting discharges of all of its employees, the respondent inter-
fered with, restrained, and coerced its employees in the exercise of
the rights guaranteed in Section 7 of the Act, and discriminated
against them in regard to hire and tenure of employment, thereby
discouraging membership in the Union.
In substance, the respondent's answer, as amended, admits its
corporate organization as alleged in the complaint, and admits the
.allegations in paragraph two of the complaint as to the interstate
nature of its business; every other allegation in the complaint is
denied.2 The answer further alleges that the complaint fails to
•state a cause of action, in that the respondent was not operating at
the time the complaint was issued, and in that the allegations that
the respondent moved. its effects to Culpeper, Virginia, do not state
any unfair labor practice set forth in the Act; that the respondent
had bargained with an independent committee of its employees; that
the Union was not authorized to represent its employees; that the
Union was free to follow the respondent wherever it moved; that
the respondent was obliged to close its Lynchburg plants because of
inefficiency and insubordination of its employees upon their return
to work after a strike, and because of rumors of a second strike;
and that the respondent did not announce its intention of resuming
operations in Culpeper until December, 1935.
Pursuant to notice thereof duly served on the respondent, Henry G.
Perring, duly designated by the Board as Trial Examiner, conducted
a hearing commencing on January 30, 1936, at Lynchburg, Virginia.
The respondent appeared by counsel, Monroe J. Schechter, its secre-
tary-treasurer, and.his wife; Isabel P.. Schechter,-and participated in
the hearing. The Board was represented by counsel. Full oppor-
tunity to be heard, to examine and cross-examine witnesses, and to
introduce evidence bearing upon the issues was afforded to all parties.
At the commencement of the hearing, counsel for the respondent
announced he was making a special appearance, and moved to dis-
miss the complaint on the grounds that the Act is unconstitutional
and that the complaint is defective in that the allegations that the
2 The respondent's answer, in form, denies every 'allegation in the complaint "with
the exception of allegation number 2". At the hearing, the respondent orally admitted
the allegations as to its corporate existence, and expressly admitted the allegations
as to the interstate nature of its business. The respondent's motion to amend its answer
"to include a general denial of paragraph 4 as amended" was granted by the Trial
-Examiner.
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respondent had closed its Lynchburg plants and arranged to move
to Culpeper for the reason that the respondent sought-and seeks to
avoid collective bargaining with the Union states a conclusion of
law. The motion was denied by the Trial Examiner, and his rul-
ing is hereby affirmed. At the conclusion of the testimony, counsel
for the respondent renewed the original motion to dismiss and also
moved to dismiss the complaint for lack of proof to support a
cause of action against the respondent. These motions were like-
wise denied by the Trial Examiner and his rulings are hereby
affirmed. We find no prejudicial error in any of the Trial Exam-
iner's other rulings made during the course of the hearing and
they are hereby affirmed.
Upon the record thus made, the Trial Examiner, on June 3,
1936, filed an Intermediate Report, finding and concluding that the
respondent had engaged in unfair labor practices affecting com-
merce, as alleged in the complaint, in that it closed its Lynchburg
plants and arranged to resume operations in Culpeper in order to
avoid collective .bargaining, with, its employees through the Union,
and in so doing interfered with, restrained, and coerced its em-
ployees in the exercise of the rights guaranteed in Section 7 of the
Act, and discriminated against its employees in regard to hire and
tenure of employment, thereby discouraging membership in the
Union. The respondent duly filed exceptions to the Intermediate
Report, excepting, in general terms, to the Trial Examiner's findings
and conclusions as contrary to the weight of evidence.
We find that the evidence supports the Trial Examiner's findings
and conclusions. We find nothing in the respondent's exceptions
to the Intermediate Report requiring any material alteration of
such findings and conclusions.
Upon the entire record in the case, the Board makes the following :
FINDINGS ' OF FACT
1. THE RESPONDENT AND ITS BUSINESS
I. The respondent,, S & K Knee Pants Company, Inc., is and has
been since December, 1930, a Virginia corporation, and until October,
1935, had its principal office and places of business in Lynchburg,
Virginia.
II. (a) Until October 18, 1935, the respondent was actively en-
gaged, at two plants in Lynchburg, in the production, sale and
distribution of low-priced men's clothing, including trousers, knee
pants and lumber jacks. It employed about 190 workers.
(b) Ninety-five per cent of the raw materials, chiefly cotton and
woolen textiles, used by the respondent in its operations at the
Lynchburg plants, were purchased and transported from states
other than the State of Virginia to its plants in Lynchburg, Virginia.
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(c) The respondent's volume of business for a year totalled ap-
proximately $300,000 or $325,000. Seventy-five per cent of the men's
clothing manufactured by the respondent was sold and transported
from its Lynchburg plants throughout the United States to states
other than the State of Virginia. Its sales were made by salesmen,
including Emanuel Schechter, the respondent's president, traveling
from Lynchburg, Virginia, throughout the United States to solicit
orders.
III. In the course of the respondent's operations, as described
above, there was a continuous flow of large quantities of raw mate-
rials from states other than 'the State of Virginia to its Lynchburg
plants, and of large amounts of completed men's clothing from its
Lynchburg plants to states throughout the United States other
than the State of Virginia. These quantities and amounts com-
prised all but a small portion of the raw materials and finished
products so caused to be transported by the respondent.
II. THE UNION
IV. The Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America, affiliated
with the American Federation of Labor, is a labor organization, with
a membership of about 150,000 workers in the men's clothing industry
throughout the United States and Canada.3
III. THE RESPONDENT AND THE UNION
V. (a) Before the organization of the respondent and its coni-
Inencement of operations in Virginia in 1930, the Schechter family
operated the "S & K Knee Pants Company" in New York City.
They "had a union shop"; their workers were members of the Union,
with which the firm dealt. The Schechters moved to Virginia in
1930 in search of unorganized and cheaper labor, commencing oper-
ations in Lynchburg in December of that year as the respondent
company.
(b) After the National Industrial Recovery Act was declared
unconstitutional in May, 1935, the respondent increased the working
hours of its employees from 36 to 45 and cut the wages of its em-
ployees, in many instances from the Code minimum of $12 a week
to as low as $5 a week.
VI. Early in July, 1935, the respondent's employees began to join
the Union. By the third week in July about 85 per cent of its em-
ployees were Union members. The respondent, through Emanuel
Schechter, its president, and Monroe Schechter, its secretary-treas-
' For a fuller and more detailed discussion of the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of
America and its position in the men 's clothing industry , see In the Matter of Friedman-
Harry Marks Clothing Company, Inc ., Cases Nos . C-40 and C-50 , I. N. L. R . B. 411 and
432, respectively.
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urer, who were in active charge of the operation of the Lynchburg
plants, greeted the advent of the Union among its employees with
open and active hostility. Several members were discharged, but
were quickly reinstated after the Regional Director for the Fifth
Region had conferred with the Schechters.
VII. (a) On August 23rd, Miller, a member of the Union's general
executive board, came to Lynchburg at the request of Miss Dilla
Hawes, the Union's local organizer. He conferred with the Schecht-
ers on that day about an increase in the very low wages being paid
the respondent's employees. The Schechters refused to consider an
increase. Miller met the Schechters thrde or four times in the ensu-
ing week, once with a committee of employees who were Union mem-
bers. In these conferences the Scliechters not only refused any
increase, but announced the possibility of another cut in wages in
November. At their last meeting with Miller, the Schechters told
Miller, "Well, we had our say last night, ... and it is your move
next."
(b) When all efforts to negotiate with the respondent for an in-
crease in wages had failed, the Union, at a membership meeting, voted
to strike. The strike began on August 30th, and the plant was pick-
eted. Monroe Schechter then requested of R. W. B. Hart, Lynchburg
city manager, that the city take measures to break the strike, appar-
ently by preventing picketing; but Hart refused to interfere with
the lawful use of the city streets.
(c) A committee of citizens, consisting of the mayor, city manager,
Shewel, a merchant, and others, intervened in an effort to settle the
strike. A number of meetings took place between the Schechters, a
committee of employees, Miller, and the citizens. The Schechters were
adamant in their absolute refusal to recognize the Union, or to sign
any settlement agreement with the Union. In order to effect a settle-
ment, Miller, with the consent of the Union members, withdrew from
direct participation in the settlement, and, on September 6th, a set-,
tlement agreement was finally signed by Emanuel Schechter for they
respondent and a committee of workers for its employees (Exhibit
B-1, appended to the respondent's answer). Under the' settlement
agreement, strikers were to be reinstated without discrimination; the
respondent was to recognize a shop committee of employees to dis-
cuss increases in pay; the work week was to total 40 hours, with over-
time "voluntary"; the minimum wage was to be $8; certain increases
were to be made in piece rates ; work was to be equally divided in
slack periods; and the respondent was not to discharge any worker
for Union activity.
VIII. (a) The respondent's employees returned to work on Mon-
day, September 9, 1935. During the following week, certainly not
later than Thursday, September 12th, the respondent decided to cancel
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a lease entered into with J. B. Winfree in August, 1935, for a factory
building in Lynchburg to which it had planned to move. Plans and
contracts for the renovation of the building were ready on Septem-
ber 9th, and this fact was communicated to the respondent by Win-
free about September 10th. The respondent and Winfree agreed on
a payment by the respondent of $6,000 to cover the expenses of the
architect, the landlord, and Winfree, and the lease was actually can-
celled on September 16th, but with the verbal understanding that the
$6,000 was to be applied to the renovation of the building if the re-
spondent later decided to reenter the leasing arrangement.
(b) Operations at the Lynchburg plants tapered off after mid-Sep-
tember. No new raw materials were purchased and no new orders
were sought. On October 18th, when the orders on hand were com-
pleted, the respondent closed its Lynchburg plants, discharged its
employees, and announced its intention to retire from business.
(c) When a number of its employees were being paid after the
closing of the plants on October 18th, they were asked if they would
return to work "without the union" if the respondent resumed opera-
tions. Schechter instructed Portnoy, the respondent's superintend-
ent, to note the names of workers who said "yes".
- IX. Late in October ,or early in November,, after' the cclosing ! of
the Lynchburg plants, the respondent entered into negotiations for
the erection of a factory in Culpeper, Virginia, "a good labor town".
A Virginia corporation, The Culpeper Industrial Building, Incorpo-
rated, was chartered on November 15, 1935, and on December 9, 1935,
the Schechters signed a lease for a factory site in Culpeper. The
Schechters also announced their intention of removing the respond-
ent's operations to Culpeper. Ground was being broken for the
factory at the time of the hearing in January.
IV. CONCLUSIONS
X. (a) The sequence of events at the respondent's Lynchburg
plants from the time its employees joined the Union in July, until
the time of its arrangements to remove the plants to Culpeper in
November and December, lead to the inescapable conclusions that
the respondent, in closing its Lynchburg plants and discharging its
employees there, and in preparing to remove its operations to Cul-
peper, was motivated solely by its admitted hostility to the Union,
its desire to avoid bargaining with the Union which had been chosen
by 85 per cent of its employees as their representative for collective
bargaining, and by its intention to discourage membership in the
Union.
(b) The respondent contends that its reasons for closing the
Lynchburg plants and the removal to Culpeper were insubordination
and inefficiency of employees upon their return to work after the
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strike. The evidence does not sustain its contentions. There is
evidence of presentation of grievances by the shop committee dur-
ing the first few days after the return to work, and of minor friction
in reestablishing the routine of operations. This does not amount
to insubordination. As for inefficiency, the respondent's evidence,
based on general estimates, to show that production of trousers
dropped is not supported by evidence that the same number of work-
ers were employed after the strike. Further, there is evidence that
the respondent, after the strike, made more lumber jacks than before;
this may account for the drop in the production of trousers.
(c) The respondent's officers admitted, in their testimony, that
they did not want its employees to join the Union. They admitted
that they expected the Union, as such, to leave Lynchburg after the
respondent had signed the strike settlement agreement with a com-
mittee of its employees and not with the Union. In their testimony,
they admitted their hostility to the presence of Miss Hawes, the
Union organizer, in Lynchburg after the strike, even for merely edu-
cational purposes. They stated and testified at the hearing that they
would not take back any of the employees in the Lynchburg plants
under any circumstances.
(d) The evidence leaves no doubt as to the respondent's unequivo-
cal hostility toward the Union, its determination not to recognize it
or deal with it under any • circumstances, and its determination to
force its employees into giving up their right to freedom of choice of
representatives for collective bargaining. By closing its Lynchburg
plants and preparing to move to Culpeper, the respondent made
brutal use of its economic power over its employees, already working
at miserable wages, to club them into submission, to starve them into
renouncing the Union. The evidence convinces us that the respond-
ent had formed its intention to close the Lynchburg plants during
the very first week upon resuming operations after the strike, when
it decided to cancel the lease for the new factory in Lynchburg. In
fact, the evidence is persuasive that the respondent may have entered
the strike settlement proposal, not with the bona fide intention of
resuming continuous operation, but merely to fabricate materials on
hand and then to close the plants and possibly to remove them, in
order to avoid collective bargaining with the Union. The Schechters
testified that during the strike, due to newspaper stories about it, they
received many offers from towns seeking factories. The respondent
knew, from its own experience, how to move away to avoid the
Union. The germ of the idea of moving was, very likely, not absent
from the Schechters' minds when the strike settlement agreement was
signed.
(e) While the Schechters may have contemplated removal of their
Lynchburg plants as early as September, they also took the precau-
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Lion of verbally arranging that the $6,000 paid for the cancellation
of the lease for the projected new plant in Lynchburg would be ap-
plied to improvements there in the event they decided to reenter the
leasing arrangement. In his testimony, Emanuel Schechter admit-
ted that in doing so he had "the thought in mind that we might
decide again to go back into business here in Lynchburg". At the
time this agreement was made, it is clear from the Schechters' testi-
mony that the respondent would continue or resume operations in
Lynchburg only upon the condition that its employees renounced the
Union. Thus it is manifest that the closing of the Lynchburg plants
was contemplated by the respondent in September as a disciplinary
measure-discipline by deprivation of the chance to earn a living
to get them to give up their Union membership and activity, with the
possibility of continuing or resuming operations in Lynchburg in the
event they dropped the Union. As an alternative anti-Union weapon
the respondent was prepared to move to Culpeper, "the good labor
town".
XI. (a) The respondent's conduct in closing its Lynchburg plants
and in preparing to remove its operations to Culpeper, and the dis-
charges,of its employees because of their Union membership and
activity, as set forth above, constituted interference with, restraint,
and coercion of its employees in the exercise of their right to self-
organization, to form, join or assist labor organizations, to bargain
collectively through representatives of their own choosing, and to
engage in concerted activities for the purpose of collective bargain-
ing and other mutual aid or protection.
(b) The respondent's conduct in closing its Lynchburg plants and
in preparing to remove its operations to Culpeper, and the discharges
of its employees because of their Union membership and activity, as
set forth above, constituted discrimination in regard to hire and
tenure of employment, thereby discouraging membership in a labor
organization.
V. THE RESPONDENT'S CONDUCT IN RELATION TO INTERSTATE COMMERCE
XII. (a) The respondent's refusal to recognize the Union and fail-
ure to bargain collectively with the Union as the chosen representa-
tive of its employees caused the strike in its Lynchburg plants, on
August 30, 1935, as set forth above. From that date until September
9th, the Lynchburg plants were completely shut down.
(b) The migration of the respondent and other such manufac-
turers in order to avoid recognition of and collective bargaining
with the Union materially affects, restrains, burdens, and alters the
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flow of raw materials and manufactured goods from and into the
channels of commerce.-,
XIII. The activities of the respondent set forth in findings VI
to XI above, occurring in connection with the operations of the
respondent described in findings I to III above, have a close, inti-
mate, and substantial relation to trade, traffic, and commerce among
the several States, and have led and tend to lead to labor disputes
burdening and obstructing commerce and the free flow of commerce.
THE REMEDY
XIV. According to the testimony and admission of Emanuel
Schechter, the respondent's president, the respondent first deter-
mined to discontinue operations on the evening of September 12,
1935. We have found that the respondent's conduct in closing its
plant on October 18th, and in discharging its employees by that
date, was discriminatory. The discharges were the result of unfair
labor practices committed by the respondent, and the respondent's
employees discharged between September 13, 1935, and October 18,
1935, retained the status of employees under the terms of Section 2,
subdivision (3) of the Act, which provides that "the term 'em-
ployees' . . . shall include . . . any individual whose work has
ceased . . . because of any unfair labor practice ..."
A considerable period of time has elapsed since the hearing in
this case. At that time the respondent's plants at Lynchburg were
still completely shut down and it had not resumed operations any-
where else. We do not know whether the respondent has since that
time resumed operations at its Lynchburg plants or at any other
place, and if it has, under what corporate or other title, and through
what agent or agents acting in its behalf. In order to repair as much
as possible the harm wrought by its conduct, we shall order the re-
spondent, in the event that it has not resumed operations at its
Lynchburg plants or anywhere else since the date of the hearing, to
reinstate to their former positions, without prejudice to seniority
or other rights or privileges previously enjoyed, whenever, wherever,
and under whatsoever circumstances it resumes operations, all of
its employees who were on any of its payrolls between September
13, 1935, the first day after the evening on which the respondent de-
termined to close its plants at Lynchburg to avoid the Union, and
October 18, 1935, the date of the closing of its plants, and who have
not since obtained regular or substantially equivalent employment
elsewhere, upon application by such employees, before hiring anyone
' For a more detailed discussion of the migration to cheaper labor markets in the
men's clothing industry, see In the Matter of Friedman-Harry Marks Clothing Company,
Inc., Cases Nos. C-40 and C-50, I N. L. R. B. 411 and 432, respectively.
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else. In the alternative, we shall order the respondent, if it has,
resumed operations since the date of the hearing and regardless of
where and under what circumstances, upon application, to reinstate
to their former positions, without prejudice to seniority or other
rights and privileges previously enjoyed, all of its employees who
were on any of its payrolls during the period from September 13 to
Octber 18, 1935, and who have not since obtained regular and sub-
stantially equivalent employment elsewhere, to the extent that work
for which they are now available is being performed by persons
engaged for the first time since October 18, 1935, and dismissing if
necessary such persons so engaged, and place the remainder of such
employees, who do not receive reinstatement, on a preferred list
prepared on the basis of seniority in their respective classifications
to be called for reinstatement as and when their labor is needed.
Furthermore, in so far as the obtaining of reinstatement requires
removal from Lynchburg, Virginia, to some other place, it shall
order the respondent to pay the transportation expenses of its em-
ployees and their families to such other place.
CONCLUSIONS OF LAW
Upon the basis of the foregoing findings of fact, the Board makes
the following conclusions of law :
1. The Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America is a labor
organization, within the meaning of Section 2, subdivision (5) of
the Act.
2. The employees of the respondent who were discharged between
September 13, 1935, and October 18, 1935, were, at the time of their
discharges, employees, within the meaning of Section 2, subdivision
(3) of the Act; and their work having ceased in consequence of un-
fair labor practices, they at all times thereafter retained the status
of employees of the respondent, except in so far as they obtained
regular and substantially equivalent employment elsewhere, within
the meaning of Section 2, subdivision (3) of the Act.
3. The respondent, by closing its Lynchburg plants and preparing
to remove its operations to Culpeper, Virginia, and by discharging
its employees at the Lynchburg plants, thus discriminating in regard
to hire and tenure of employment to discourage membership in a
labor organization, has engaged in and is engaging in unfair labor
practices, within the meaning of Section 8, subdivision (3) of the
Act.
4. The respondent, by interfering with, restraining, and coercing
its employees in the exercise of the rights guaranteed in Section 7
of the Act, has engaged in and is engaging in unfair labor practices,.
within the meaning of Section 8, subdivision (1) of the Act.
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5. The aforesaid unfair labor practices are unfair labor practices
affecting commerce, within the meaning of Section 2, subdivisions
( 6) and (7) of the Act.
ORDER
On the basis of the findings of fact and conclusions of law, and
pursuant to Section 10, subdivision (c) of the National Labor Rela-
tions Act, the National Labor Relations Board hereby orders that
the respondent, S & K Knee Pants Company, Inc., and its officers,
agents, successors, and assigns, shall:
1. Cease and desist from in any manner interfering with, restrain-
ing, or coercing its employees in the exercise of their rights to self-
,organization, to form, join or assist labor organizations, to bargain
collectively through representatives of their own choosing, and to
engage in concerted activities for the purposes of collective bargain-
ing or other mutual aid or protection, as guaranteed in Section 7 of
the Act;
2. Cease and desist from in any manner discouraging membership
in the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America, or any other
labor organization, by discrimination in regard to hire or tenure of
employment or any term or condition of employment, or by threats
of such discrimination.
3. Take the following affirmative action, which the Board finds
will effectuate the policies of the Act:
(a) If it has not resumed operations since the date of the hear-
ing, upon application reinstate to their former positions without
prejudice to seniority or other rights and privileges previously en-
joyed, all of its employees on any of its payrolls during the period
from September 13 to October 18, 1935, who have not since obtained
regular and substantially equivalent employment elsewhere, before
employing any other persons, whenever it resumes operation of its
Lynchburg plants or commences operations in any other plant or
plants, in Lynchburg or Culpeper, Virginia, or elsewhere, whether
such operations be resumed or commenced in its present corporate
title or any other corporate or other title;
(b) If it has resumed operations since the date of the hearing, re-
gardless of where such operations have been resumed and regardless
of whether such operations have been resumed under its present cor-
porate title or under any other corporate or other title, upon applica-
tion reinstate to their former positions, without prejudice to senior-
ity or other rights and privileges previously enjoyed, all of its
employees, who were on any of its payrolls during the period from
September 13 to October 18, 1935, who have not since obtained regu-
lar and substantially equivalent employment elsewhere, to the extent
that work for which they are now available is being performed by
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persons engaged for the first time since October 18, 1935, and dis-
missing if necessary such persons so engaged, and place the remainder
of such employees on a preferred list prepared on the basis of senior-
ity in their respective classifications, to be called for reinstatement
as and when their services are needed;
(c) Reimburse each of its employees for transportation expenses,
including the expense of transporting their families, occasioned by
removal from Lynchburg, Virginia, to some other place in order to
obtain reinstatement;
(d) Post notices immediately in conspicuous places at the doors
of its Lynchburg plants, stating (1) that it will cease and desist as
aforesaid; (2) that it will take the affirmative action, as aforesaid;
and (3) that such notices will remain posted for a period of at least
thirty (30) consecutive days from the date of posting;
(e) Post such notices immediately at its plant or plants in opera-
tion, or upon resuming operations of its Lynchburg plants or upon
commencing operations in Culpeper, Virginia, or elsewhere, at the
doors of such plants and in conspicuous places in all departments of
such plants and near the time clocks;
(f) Notify the Regional Director for the Fifth Region, in writing,
within fifteen (15) days from the date of this Order, what steps it
has taken to comply herewith.
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SUPPLEMENT TO DECISION
October 13, 1937
The National Labor Relations Board, having issued a Decision,
including findings of fact, conclusions of law, and order, in the above
entitled case on June 9, 1937 (supra, p. 940), and being advised that
the respondent has resumed operations, the Board hereby orders that
Section 3, subdivision (b) of its Order be modified by inserting be-
tween the words "application" and "reinstate" the words, "on or be-
fore November 15, 1937".