Wayne Trophy Corp.

National Labor Relations Board - Board Decisions

May 24, 1978

236 N.L.R.B. 294 (N.L.R.B. 1978)

DECISIONS OF NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD
Wayne Trophy Corp. and Local 404, United Electri-
cal, Radio and Machine Workers of America (UE).
Cases 22-CA-7517 and 22-CA-7560
May 24, 1978
DECISION AND ORDER
BY CHAIRMAN FANNING AND MEMBERS JENKINS
AND PENELLO
On October 5, 1977, Administrative Law Judge
Max Rosenberg issued the attached Decision in this
proceeding. Thereafter, Respondent filed exceptions
and a supporting brief.
Pursuant to the provisions of Section 3(b) of the
National Labor Relations Act, as amended, the Na-
tional Labor Relations Board has delegated its au-
thority in this proceeding to a three-member panel.
The Board has considered the record and the at-
tached Decision in light of the exceptions and brief
and has decided to affirm the rulings, findings,' and
conclusions of the Administrative Law Judge, to
modify his remedy,2 and to adopt his recommended
Order.
ORDER
Pursuant to Section 10(c) of the National Labor
Relations Act, as amended, the National Labor Re-
lations Board adopts as its Order the recommended
Order of the Administrative Law Judge and hereby
orders that the Respondent, Wayne Trophy Corp.,
Wayne, New Jersey, its officers, agents, successors,
and assigns, shall take the action set forth in the said
recommended Order.
lRespondent has excepted to certain credibility findings made by the
Administrative L.aw Judge. It is the Board's established policy not to oser-
rule an Administrative Law Judge's resolutions with respect to credibilit)
unless the clear preponderance of all of the relevant evidence convinces us
that the resolutions are incorrect. Slondardl Dry W4all Products, Inc, 91
NI.RB 544 (1950), enfd. 188 I'.2d 362 (C.A. 3, 1951). We have carefully
examined the record and find no basis for reversing his findings.
T 'he Administrative L.aw Judge inadvertently specified interest to be
paid at 7 percent: however, interest will he calculated according to the
"adjusted prime rate" used by the .S Internal Revenue Service for interest
on tax payments. See, generally. 1vis Plumbiing & Heating (o., 138 NlRB
716 (1962).
DECISION
MAX ROSENBERG. Administrative Law Judge: With all
parties represented, this proceeding was heard before me in
Newark, New Jersey, on July 21 and 25, 1977, upon a com-
plaint filed by the General Counsel of the National Labor
Relations Board and an answer interposed thereto by
Wayne Trophy Corp., herein called Respondent.' The is-
sues raised by the pleadings relate to whether Respondent
violated Section 8(a)( 3) and (4) of the National Labor Re-
lations Act, as amended, by discharging employees Awilda
Arroyo and Julio Tejada on March 2, 1977, under circum-
stances to be detailed below. Briefs have been received
from the General Counsel and Respondent which have
been duly considered.
Upon the entire record made in this proceeding, includ-
ing my observation of the demeanor of the witnesses as
they testified on the stand, I hereby make the following:
FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS
I THE BUSINESS OF RESPONDENT
Respondent, a New Jersey corporation, maintains its
principal office and place of business at I I Railroad Ave-
nue, Wayne, New Jersey, where, at all times material
herein, it is engaged in the manufacture, sale, and distribu-
tion of trophies and related products. The Wayne location
is the only facility involved in this proceeding. During the
annual period material to this proceeding, Respondent
manufactured, sold, and distributed at its Wayne place of
business, products valued in excess of $50,000 of which,
products valued in excess of $50,000 were shipped from
said location in interstate commerce directly to States of
the United States other than the State of New Jersey. The
complaint alleges, the answer admits, and I find that Re-
spondent is an employer engaged in commerce within the
meaning of Section 2(6) and (7) of the Act.
II. THE LABOR ORGANIZATION INVOLVED
Local 404, United Electrical, Radio & Machine Workers
of America (UE), herein called the Union, is a labor orga-
nization as defined in Section 2(5) of the Act.
Ill THE ALLEGED UNFAIR LABOR PRACTICES
The complaint alleges that Respondent violated Section
8(a)(3) of the Act by discharging Awilda Arroyo and Julio
Tejada on March 2, 1977, because they joined and assisted
the Union in its efforts to enlist the collective support of
Respondent's work complement. It further alleges that
these employees were terminated on this date in violation
of Section 8(a)(4) of the statute because they gave testi-
mony within the ambit of that legislation. Respondent de-
nies the commission of any labor practices banned by the
Act.
The scenario for this litigation commenced to unfold in
August 1976 when the Union launched an organizational
campaign to enlist the collective support of Respondent's
production, maintenance, and shipping and receiving em-
ployees at its Wayne, New Jersey, location. According to
the undisputed testimony developed in a prior proceeding
before Administrative Law Judge Norman Zankel involv-
The complaint, which issued on April 22, 1977, is based on charges filed
and served in Cases 22-CA 7517 and 22-CA-7560 on March 3. 1977. and
March 28. 1977, respectivel)
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ing the same parties,2 Respondent's employees became in-
terested in the prospect of unionization in August 1976
when employee Luis Torres visited the Union's office and
obtained blank authorization cards which he distributed to
the employees at the plant. On August 27. 1976, alleged
discriminatee Awilda Arroyo and Julio Tejada, as well as
employees Richard Redd and Luis Torres, executed the
designations. Both Albert J. Battaglia, Respondent's presi-
dent, and his wife Marilyn Battaglia, Respondent's vice
president, acknowledged in their testimony in this proceed-
ing and I find that they were aware of Arroyo's and
Tejada's union adherence prior to their latest discharges on
March 2, 1977.
On September 9, 1976, Union Representative Jose Lugo
visited Respondent's parking lot where he was observed b.
Albert Battaglia talking to Torres and employee Louis San-
chez. Battaglia summoned Supervisor John Fulton and
asked the latter whether he could identify Lugo. Fulton
was unable to do so, whereupon Susan Acevedo, who also
worked in the plant and was fluent in both the Spanish and
English languages,3 sought out Awilda Arroyo and put the
same question to her. Arroyo responded that Lugo was a
union agent. It is uncontroverted and I find that Acevedo
immediately conveyed this intelligence to Battaglia on Sep-
tember 9. On September 11, 1976, Union Representative
Lugo mailed a certified letter to Respondent in which he
requested exclusive recognition and collective-bargaining
negotiations for a unit of all production, maintenance, and
shipping and receiving employees at the Wayne plant.4 On
September 13, 1976, the Union filed a representation peti-
tion with the Regional Director for Region 22 seeking an
election in the above-described unit.
On the morning of September 13, 1976, Awilda Arroyo
reported for work and was advised by Respondent's presi-
dent, Battaglia, that she had been discharged on September
10 because she had violated company rules by wearing san-
dals in the plant, and by performing her work tasks while
seated. However, on the evidence before him, Administra-
tive Law Judge Zankel concluded in his decision of June
24, 1977, that Respondent had singled out Arroyo for ter-
mination because she was a known union adherent, and
thereby violated Section 8(a)(3) of the Act. Julio Tejada,
who had also signed a union card on August 27, at the
behest of Luis Torres, was separated from Respondent's
employment rolls on September 17, 1976. Battaglia testi-
fied in the earlier proceeding that Tejada was not dis-
charged on that date but had voluntarily quit his job. In his
decision, Administrative Law Judge Zankel found that Te-
jada was terminated in violation of Section 8(a)(3) because
he had joined and assisted the Union in its efforts to union-
ize the plant.5
2 Cases 22 CA 7180. 7347. I have taken judicial notice of the record
made in that proceeding, as well as Administrative L aw Judge Zankel's
decision therein which issued on June 24. 1977, and which is currently pend-
ing before the Board on appeal However, I hase relied upon this recorded
testimony only to the extent that it is undenied
Some of Respondent's employees. including Arroyo, are Spanish-speak-
The letter was returned to the Union bearing the notation "refused,
9, 14/76."
5 Administrative lIaw Judge Zankel also found that Respondent discriml-
natorily discharged l.uis Torres on September 10, 1976, and again on t)e-
cember 1I 1976, because he was the most prominent union protagonist at the
On November 17, 1976, Arroyo and Tejada were rein-
stated to their former positions and worked for Respon-
dent until they were again discharged on March 2, 1977.
Meanwhile, on September 13, 16, 21, October 21, and De-
cember 7, 1976, the Union filed charges and amended
charges against Respondent alleging, inter alia, that Arroyo
and Tejada had been separated from their employment on
September 10 and 17, 1976, respectively, for reasons pro-
scribed by Section 8(a)(3) of the Act. On January 14, 1977,
the General Counsel issued a complaint against Respon-
dent embodying the aforesaid charges. Upon appropriate
notice given, a hearing thereon was conducted before Ad-
ministrative Law Judge Zankel on January 31, February 1,
2. 3, 4, and March 3 and 4, 1977. It is undisputed and I find
that Arroyo testified as a witness on behalf of the General
Counsel on February I and March 4, and Tejada gave
testimony on February I and 2. Respondent conceded at
the hearing herein that both testified in a manner hostile to
Respondent's interests.
Events abided until February 28, 1977. Awilda Arroyo,
who worked for Respondent as a packer and racker in the
plant since August 1976. felt ill that afternoon and so in-
formed Susan Acevedo.6 According to Arroyo's undenied
testimony. I find that Acevedo was authorized by Respon-
dent to "give orders" to employees and when Acevedo
learned of Arroyo's physical difficulties, the former told
Arroyo that "If I felt ill I shouldn't come into work the
next day." 7 In conformity with Acevedo's instructions, Ar-
royo remained at home on March I and returned to her
duties on the morning of March 2, the day before the re-
sumption of the earlier hearing before Administrative Law
Judge Zankel. When she arrived at the plant, she noticed
that her timecard was missing from the rack. Arroyo
sought out Battaglia and inquired as to the whereabouts of
her timecard. In the presence of Acevedo, Battaglia asked
Arroyo "what are you doing here," and added that "you is
fired." Turning to Acevedo, Arroyo complained that "since
I was ill the day before I shouldn't come to work, why
hadn't she notified Mr. Battaglia like she had let me know
she was going to do." Arroyo then informed Battaglia, in
response to his question, that "I was there in Wayne Tro-
phy to work," to which Battaglia retorted that "What I was
there for was to fool him." 8 At this juncture, according to
plant. He further found that Richard Redd had been discharged on Septem-
ber 17 In violation of Sec 8(a)(3) due to his engagement in certain protected.
concerted activities unrelated to the Union's organizational dnrive. He addi-
tionally concluded that Charles Teevan was terminated on September 10.
1976. because he advocated the Union's cause and had executed a union
authorization card. Finally., he found that Respondent offended the provi-
sions of Sec 8(a)(5) When, on anrd after September 14, 1976, it refused to
accede to the Union's recognitor) demand of September 11, 1976, and rec-
ommended issuance of a bargaining order against Respondent.
b At the hearing herein. Respondent asserted that Acevedo was a "senior
emplosyee at its plant In his decision of June 24, 1977. Administrative Law
Judge Zankel found that Acevedo acted as an agent of Respondent in her
work relationships with the other emplosees, and that it was legally respon-
sible for her conduct.
Arroyo testified and I find that "W hen I told her [Acevedo} that I was
feeling ill and that ma.be the next da, I was not coming to work . that
if I was ill and I absented myself from work would I have ain trouble she
said that I could miss work confidentl) since Mr Battagliai authorlzed her to
give orders
Arroyo rode to. and from work with l.uis Torres, the Union's mainstay
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Arroyo, Battaglia "grabbed his genital organs and was of-
fering them to me and he said, 'And take this, you Puerta
Rican mother fucker.' HFe continued grabbing his genital
organs and told me to, 'Take this to the Labor Board and
to the people of the Union,' and he told me and my friends,
what we really like was money and that that is what he had
for us." Upon hearing these obscenities, Arroyo burst into
tears. Battaglia thereupon moved closer to Arroyo and,
brandishing his hand in front of her face, he asked "why
didn't I do something, stupid." Battaglia continued that
"he didn't want to see my face or my friends' faces any
more in the building and he continued saying things which
I couldn't understand since I do not speak perfect En-
glish." During their conversation, Battaglia offered Arroyo
no other basis for her termination. At the conclusion of the
discussion, Battaglia gave Arroyo permission to seek a ride
home from another employee and she then left the prem-
ises.
Rounding out her testimony, Arroyo related that she had
never been warned by Battaglia for being absent from
duty, that she uniformly contacted Respondent whenever
she was' forced to miss work. and that, with the exception
of her absences due to lack of transportation, illness, or
attendance at the prior Board hearing, all of which were
excused by Battaglia, she had not otherwise been absent
from work during her employment stint.
When called to the stand by his counsel, Battaglia pro-
claimed that Arroyo's discharge on March 2, 1977, was
occasioned solely by her persistent record of absenteeism.
According to Battaglia, she had received frequent reports
from his wife that Arroyo had failed to come to work at
least I day a week. A few weeks before March 2, Mrs.
Battaglia again notified her husband of Arroyo's dere-
lictions in attendance. On this occasion, the vice president
counseled her husband to "Forget about the Union situa-
tion. If she is not doing her work, fire her." Despite the fact
that Battaglia testimonially acknowledged that other em-
ployees had a record of absenteeism which matched or ex-
ceeded Arroyo's, that Arroyo's alleged record dated from
the inception of her employment, and that "nothing un-
usual" had occurred regarding Arroyo on March 2 to trig-
ger her discharge, Battaglia claimed that he told Arroyo on
that date that "You are not going to fool me any longer
.. you can go home, there is no work." When questioned
as to whether he mentioned anything to Arroyo concerning
the National labor Relations Board or shouted any ob-
scenties at her during their terminal dialogue, Battaglia ini-
tially replied in the negative. He then grudgingly admitted
that "I think I was certainly talking at the -not at the top
of my voice, but 1 was quite angry when she took the day
off before because it loused up the plant production again"
and he acknowledged that "I may have said I am tired of
everybody making a God damn fool out of me."
On cross-examination, however, the real reason for
in the plant. I find that this happenstance was well known to Battagli: and
that his statement to Arroyo, which is undenied, that she was working in the
plant "to fool him" had reference to his conviction that she had been
blought into the facility on the recommendation of Torres. a cousin of
Union Business Agent Jose l.ugo. to assist the Union in its organizational
campaign.
Arroyo's discharge on March 2, 1977, spilled from the lips
of Battaglia. After recounting the various efforts which he
had expended to mold Arroyo into a productive employee,
Battaglia suddenly confessed that "it became obvious that
[Arroyo's] job was just a temporary thing and she was
brought in to help organize the Union by Luis Torres who
is [Union Business Agent] Lugo's cousin." When queried
as to whether he believed that Arroyo was planted in the
shop to enhance the Union's chances of acquiring exclu-
sive representational rights for the employees, Battaglia re-
sponded that "It made no difference to me." He then made
the following remarkable comment regarding his reason
for discharging her on March 2, 1977:
I was more concerned, I was over liberal, I did not
want to fire her, certainly did not want to fire Julio
[Tejada] who in the beginning was quite a good work-
er.
I would have preferred not firing Awilda and I
would have liked to have kept the situation status quo
so I wouldn't expose the Company to any more loss of
dollars, but it got to the point where it became obvious
that she had the strength of the United States Govern-
ment and the strength of Mr. Abrams [counsel for the
General Counsel] behind her and the strength of the
Union and that she was going to do whatever she
damn pleased.
In sum, I find that, after Arroyo was hired in August
1976, Battaglia learned that she had signed a union author-
ization card and, because she rode to and from work with
Luis Torres, the Union's most active supporter in the plant
and a cousin of Union Business Agent Jose Lugo, Battaglia
became convinced that Arroyo sought employment with
Respondent solely to assist the Union in obtaining organi-
zational and representational strength among its employ-
ees. On September 13, 1976, Arroyo was terminated by
Respondent allegedly because she had violated certain
plant rules. In his decision rendered on June 24, 1977, Ad-
ministrative Law Judge Zankel concluded that the assigned
reasons for her discharge were pretextual and that she was
in fact separated due to her union activities in violation of
Section 8(a)(3) of the Act. On November 17, 1976, Arroyo
was rehired by Respondent and, on February I and March
4, 1977, she gave testimony on behalf of the General Coun-
sel in the proceeding before Administrative Law Judge
Zankel in a manner antithetical to Respondent's legal posi-
tion.
On February 28, 1977, Arroyo became ill and so ap-
prised Susan Acevedo who, as I have found, had been in-
vested by Respondent with the authority to grant leaves of
absences to employees who became sick while at work. I
find that, when Arroyo informed Acevedo about her con-
dition, Acevedo assured the employee that her absence
from work on March I would be excused. When Arroyo
returned to duty on March 2, 1 find that, in the presence of
Acevedo, she was told by Respondent's president, Battag-
lia, that she had been terminated because she "was there to
fool him," an obvious reference to his insistent belief that
Arroyo had joined his work force as a Trojan Horse to aid
in the entrenchment of the Union in the plant. In an ob-
scene and cruel manifestation of his contempt for Arroyo's
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participation in the Union's organizational campaign and
in the Board proceeding before Administrative Law Judge
Zankel, Battaglia shamelessly grabbed his private parts
and thrust them toward the lady, exclaiming "Take this to
the Labor Board and to people of the Union." Finally, in
explanation for his discharge of Arroyo on March 2, 1977,
a day before the resumption of the earlier hearing, Battag-
lia admitted and I find that he "would have preferred not
firing Awilda [Arroyo] ... but it got to the point where it
became obvious that she had the strength of the United
States Government and [the General Counsel] behind her
and the strength of the Union." I further find, based upon
the testimony of Arroyo which I credit, that she had not
absented herself from work each week during the course of
her employment, that she had never been warned by Re-
spondent for the days which she took off because of illness,
lack of transportation, or her appearances at the earlier
Board proceedings, that she had Respondent's authoriza-
tion to be absent due to sickness on March 1, 1977, and
that her other prior absences had been excused.
Accordingly, I conclude that Respondent selected Ar-
royo for discharge on March 2, 1977, not because of any
shortcomings in her work attendance, but solely because
she was a known union supporter at the plant and because
she had given testimony against Respondent under the
Act. By the foregoing conduct, I conclude that Respondent
thereby violated Section 8(a)3) and (4) of the Act.
I turn next to a consideration of the separation of Julio
Tejada from Respondent's employ on March 2, 1977. Teja-
da did not appear as a witness in this proceeding, although
duly subpenaed, and the evidence concerning his discharge
was derived from the testimony of President Albert Battag-
lia. Tejada was hired by Respondent in August 1976 and
was trained to thread the component parts of Respondent's
trophies. As heretofore chronicled, he executed a union de-
signation on August 27, 1976, at the solicitation of employ-
ee Luis Torres. On September 17, 1976, Tejada went off
Respondent's payroll. In the proceeding before Adminis-
trative Law Judge Zankel, Respondent claimed that Tejada
had voluntarily quit his job on that date. However, in his
decision of June 24, 1977, Administrative Law Judge Zank-
el concluded that the employee had been terminated for
union activities.
In his testimony, Battaglia stated that he decided to ter-
minate Tejada on March 2, 1977, for the reason that "we
had a large order come back that he had threaded up and
they were all threaded bent and some were broken off and
this man had been doing that job for quite a period of time
and could be good at it and I surmised that either it was
just absolute plain carelessness or it was deliberate." Al-
though the order which Battaglia had in mind involved the
rejection of some 1,000 items by the customer, he acknowl-
edged that Tejada's alleged deficiencies in handling the or-
der occurred in early January or early February 1977, and
confessed that "nothing particularly happened" on March
2 which precipitated the termination. When pressed further
on the matter of Tejada's work qualities. Battaglia re-
sponded that "In the beginning he [Tejada] was an excel-
lent worker." Battaglia then made the surprising statement
that Tejada's deficiencies began to crop up immediately
"when Union problems started," which would have placed
the time when the work defects became evident in either
August or early September 1976.
I do not credit Battaglia's testimony that he discharged
Tejada on March 2, 1977, because of his faulty work per-
formance, because I am convinced that that testimony is
contrived. As in the case of Awilda Arroyo, Battaglia was
aware that Tejada had joined the Union at the inception of
its campaign in August 1976. Moreover, Battaglia observed
that "in the beginning [Tejada] was quite a good worker"
whom he "certainly did not want to fire," but that he
quickly became disenchanted with Tejada because "the
only time he would pop up was when it served the Union's
purpose for Julio to be on the job" and because Battaglia
was convinced that Tejada had the backing of the Union.
Finally, Respondent admitted that Tejada gave testimony
adverse to its interests in the prior proceeding before Ad-
ministrative Law Judge Zankel.
Accordingly, I am persuaded and therefore conclude
that Respondent discharged Julio Tejada on March 2,
1977, because he had joined and assisted the Union, and
because he gave testimony under the Act against Respon-
dent. By doing so, I conclude that Respondent thereby vio-
lated Section 8(a)(3) and (4) of the Act.
IV THE EFFECT OF THE UNFAIR LABOR PRACTICES UPON
COMMCERCE
The activities of Respondent set forth in section III,
above, occurring in connection with Respondent's opera-
tions described in section 1, above, have a close, inti-
mate, and substantial relationship to trade, traffic, and
commerce among the several States and tend to lead to
labor disputes burdening and obstructing commerce and
the free flow thereof.
V THE REMEDY
I have found that Respondent discharged Awilda Ar-
royo and Julio Tejada on March 2, 1977, because they
joined and assisted the Union in its organizational cam-
paign, and because they gave testimony under the Act in a
Board proceeding. To remedy this violation, I shall recom-
mend that Respondent offer immediate and full reinstate-
ment to them in their former jobs or, if they no longer exist,
to substantially equivalent employment, and make them
whole for any loss of pay which they may have suffered as
a result of the discrimination practiced against them. The
backpay provided for herein shall be computed in accor-
dance with the Board's formula set forth in F. W. Wool-
worth Company, 90 NLRB 289 (1950), with interest thereon
at the rate of 7 percent per annum in the manner pre-
scribed in Florida Steel Corporation, 231 NLRB 651 (1977).
Upon the basis of the foregoing findings of fact and con-
clusions, and upon the entire record made in these cases, I
hereby make the following:
CONCLUSIONS OF LAW
I. Respondent is an employer engaged in commerce
within the meaning of Section 2(6) and (7) of the Act.
2. The Union is a labor organization within the meaning
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of Section 2(5) of the Act.
3. By discharging Awilda Arroyo and Julio Tejada,
thereby discriminating in regard to their hire and tenure of
employment, in order to discourage their adherence to and
activities on behalf of the Union, and to interfere with their
right to give testimony under the Act, Respondent has en-
gaged in and is engaging in unfair labor practices within
the meaning of Section 8(a)(3) and (4) of the Act.
4. The aforesaid unfair labor practices are unfair labor
practices within the purview of Section 2(6) and (7) of the
Statute.
Upon the foregoing findings of fact and conclusions of
law and the entire record, and pursuant to Section 10(c) of
the National Labor Relations Act, as amended, I hereby
issue the following recommended:
ORDER 9
The Respondent, Wayne Trophy Corp., Wayne, New
Jersey, its officers, agents, successors, and assigns, shall:
1. Cease and desist from:
(a) Discharging employees, thereby discriminating in re-
gard to their hire and tenure of employment, in order to
discourage their engagement in union activities, or to inter-
fere with their right to give testimony under the National
Labor Relations Act, as amended.
(b) In any other manner interfering with, restraining, or
coercing employees in the exercise of their rights guaran-
teed in Section 7 of the National Labor Relations Act, as
amended.
2. Take the following affirmative action which I deem is
necessary to effectuate the policies of the Act:
(a) Offer to Awilda Arroyo and Julio Tejada immediate
and full reinstatement to their former jobs or, if they no
longer exist, to substantially equivalent employment, and
make them whole for any loss of pay they may have suf-
fered as a result of the discrimination practiced against
them, in the manner set forth in the section of this Decision
entitled "The Remedy."
(b) Preserve and, upon request, make available to the
Board or its agents, for examination and copying, all pay-
roll records, social security records and reports, and all
other records necessary to analyze the amounts of backpay
due herein.
(c) Post at its plant in Wayne, New Jersey, in both En-
glish and Spanish, copies of the attached notice marked
"Appendix." 0 Copies of said notice, on forms to be pro-
vided by the Regional Director for Region 22, after being
duly signed by Respondent's authorized representative,
shall be posted by it immediately upon receipt thereof, and
be maintained by it for 60 consecutive days thereafter, in
conspicuous places, including all places where notices to
employees are customarily posted. Reasonable steps shall
be taken to insure that said notices are not altered, de-
faced, or covered by any other material.
(d) Notify the Regional Director for Region 22, in writ-
ing, within 20 days from the date of this Order, what steps
have been taken to comply herewith.
In the event no exceptions are filed as provided in Sec. 102.46 of the
Rules and Regulations of the National Labor Relations Board, the findings,
conclusions, and recommended Order herein shall, as provided in Sec.
102.48 of the Rules and Regulations, be adopted by the Board and become
its findings, conclusions, and Order, and all objections thereto shall be
deemed waived for all purposes.
'° In the event that this Order is enforced by a Judgment of a United
States Court of Appeals, the words in the notice reading "Posted by Order
of the National Labor Relations Board" shall read "Posted Pursuant to a
Judgment oif the United States Court of Appeals Enforcing an Order of the
National Labor Relations Board."
APPENDIX
NOTICE To EMPLOYEES
POSTED BY ORDER OF THE
NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD
An Agency of the United States Government
WE WILL NOT discharge our employees, thereby dis-
criminating in regard to their hire and tenure of em-
ployment, in order to discourage their engagement in
activities on behalf of Local 404, United Electrical,
Radio & Machine Workers of America (UE), or any
other labor organization.
WE WILL NOT discharge our employees for exercising
their right to give testimony under the National Labor
Relations Act, as amended.
WE WILL NOT in any other manner interfere with,
restrain, or coerce our employees in the exercise of
rights guaranteed them in Section 7 of the Act.
WE WILL make Awilda Arroyo and Julio Tejada
whole for any loss of pay which they may have suf-
fered as a result of our discrimination practiced
against them, and WE WILL reinstate them.
All our employees are free to become, remain, or refrain
from becoming or remaining, members of any labor orga-
nization.
WAYNE TROPHY CORP.
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