San Diego Unions v. Garmon

Holding that "the States as well as the federal court must defer to the exclusive competence of the National Labor Relations Board" if "an activity is arguably subject to § 7 or § 8 of the [NLRA]"

Nat'l Labor Relations Bd. v. City Disposal Systems, Inc.

Holding that a "lone employee's invocation of a right grounded in his collective-bargaining agreement is . . . a concerted activity in a very real sense" because the employee is in effect reminding his employer of the power of the group that brought about the agreement and that could be reharnessed if the employer refuses to respect the employee's objection

Pattern Makers' League v. Nat'l Labor Relations Bd.

Upholding the NLRB's interpretation of the Act

Florida Power Light v. Electrical Workers

In Florida Power Light Co. v. IBEW, Local 641, 417 U.S. 790, 804-05, 94 S.Ct. 2737, 2744-45, 41 L.Ed.2d 477 (1974), the Supreme Court held that no § 8(b)(1)(B) violation occurs unless the disciplined conduct adversely affects the performance of his or her § 8(b)(1)(B) duties.

Beasley v. Food Fair of North Carolina

Holding that state law cannot afford supervisors a cause of action that they would not have under the NLRA as section 14 relieves "the employer of obligations under any law, either national or local, relating to collective bargaining"

Nat'l Labor Relations Bd. v. International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Local 340

Holding union's policy of fining members who worked for employers not part of a CBA with the union to not constitute an unfair labor practice

Nat'l Labor Relations Bd. v. Granite State Joint Board, Textile Workers Union of America, Local 1029

In NLRB v. Textile Workers, supra, and Machinists v. NLRB, 412 U.S. 84 (1973) (per curiam), the Court found as a corollary that unions may not fine former members who have resigned lawfully.

Booster Lodge No. 405, International Ass'n of Machinists & Aerospace Workers v. Nat'l Labor Relations Bd.

Holding the court of appeals may not properly overrule a decision of the Supreme Court in order to force its reconsideration

American Broadcasting Cos. v. Writers Guild

In American Broadcasting Cos. v. Writers Guild, West, Inc., 437 U.S. 411 (1978) (ABC), the Court found that discipline imposed on grievance-handling supervisors who crossed union picket lines violated § 8(b)(1)(B), even though the supervisor-members did not adjust grievances for the striking employees, but only for employees whom the striking union did not represent or desire to represent.

Nat'l Labor Relations Bd. v. International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Local 77

Section 152 - Definitions

Defining a supervisor to include “any individual having authority . . . to hire, transfer, suspend, lay off, recall, promote, discharge, assign, reward, or discipline other employees, or responsibly to direct them, or to adjust their grievances, or effectively to recommend such action, if in connection with the foregoing the exercise of such authority is not of a merely routine or clerical nature, but requires the use of independent judgment”