Steelworkers, Local 6991

National Labor Relations Board - Board Decisions

Jun 9, 1971

191 N.L.R.B. 1 (N.L.R.B. 1971)

STEELWORKERS, LOCAL 6991 1
United Steelworkers of America, AFL-CIO, and Lo-
cal 6991 , United Steelworkers of America, AFL-
CIO and Auburndale Freezer Corporation
Local 6991 , United Steelworkers of America, AFL-
CIO and Minute Maid Company. Cases 12-CC-
513-1 and 12-CC-513-2
June 9, 1971
SUPPLEMENTAL DECISION AND ORDER
review and set aside the Board's Order on the ground
that the finding of the Board that the picketing was
protected primary activity was not supported by sub-
stantial evidence on the record as a whole and was
legally erroneous.2 It therefore vacated the order of the
Board dismissing the complaint and remanded the pro-
ceeding to the Board with directions to enter the order
recommended by the Trial Examiner.
The Board, having accepted the court's remand,
hereby adopts the recommendations of the Trial Exam-
iner.
On June 30, 1969, the National Labor Relations
Board issued its decision and Order in the above-enti-
tled proceeding,' finding, contrary to the Trial Exam-
iner, that Respondent United Steelworkers of America
and its Local 6991 did not as alleged violate Section
8(b)(4)(B) of the Act. Accordingly, the Board dis-
missed the complaint. Subsequently, Auburndale
Freezer Corporation and Minute Maid Company filed
with the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth
Circuit a petition to review and set aside the Board's
order.
Thereafter, on December 3, 1970, the court handed
down its decision in which it granted the petition to
1 177 NLRB No 108
ORDER
Pursuant to Section 10(c) of the National Labor Re-
lations Act, as amended, and the court decision, the
National Labor Relations Board adopts as its Order the
Recommended Order of the Trial Examiner and hereby
orders that Respondents, United Steelworkers of
America and its Local 6991, their officers, agents, and
representatives, shall take the action set forth in the
Trial Examiner's Recommended Order.
Auburndale Freezer Corporation and Minute Maid Company v.
N.L R.B., 434 F.2d. 1219 (C.A. 5).