414 U.S. 270 (1973) Cited 123 times 1 Legal Analyses
Noting that although an employee may not be "legally bound to vote for the union and has not promised to do so in any formal sense" some "would feel obliged " to cast a union vote after having signed a union recognition slip
Noting that "the Act . . . bars both crude and subtle forms of vote-buying on the part of the union" and citing NLRB v. Savair Mfg. Co., 414 U.S. 270, 279, 94 S.Ct. 495, 38 L.Ed.2d 495, which held that a union's promise of "a special benefit to those who sign up for a union" runs afoul of "[t]he right of a free choice . . . inherent in the principles reflected in § 9(c)" of the Act
Holding that “the Board did not abuse its discretion in failing to set aside [the union's victory in an] election” because “the failure ... did not affect the outcome of the election”