Wickes Corp.

National Labor Relations Board - Board Decisions

Jun 22, 1972

197 N.L.R.B. 860 (N.L.R.B. 1972)

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Wickes Corporation, Wickes Manufactured Housing
Division and International Union , United Automo-
bile, Aerospace and Agricultural Implement Work-
ers of America (UAW). Cases 7-CA-8795 and
7-CA-8795(2)
June 22, 1972
DECISION AND ORDER
BY CHAIRMAN MILLER AND MEMBERS
FANNING AND PENELLO
On March 1, 1972, Trial Examiner Eugene E.
Dixon issued the attached Decision in this proceed-
ing. Thereafter, Respondent filed exceptions and a
supporting brief, and the Charging Party filed a brief
in response to these exceptions.'
Pursuant to the provisions of Section 3(b) of the
National Labor Relations Act, as amended, the
National Labor Relations Board has delegated its
authority in this proceeding to a three-member panel.
The Board has considered the record and the Trial
Examiner's Decision in light of the exceptions and
briefs and has decided to affirm the Trial Examiner's
rulings, findings,2 and conclusions3 and to adopt his
recommended Order.
ORDER
Pursuant to Section 10(c) of the National Labor
Relations Act, as amended, the National Labor
Relations Board adopts as its Order the recommend-
ed Order of the Trial Examiner and hereby orders
that Wickes Corporation, Wickes Manufactured
Housing Division, its officers, agents, successors, and
assigns, shall take the action set forth in the Trial
Examiner's recommended Order.
i The Charging Party also filed a motion to disregard respondent's
exceptions and the Respondent filed an answer thereto We find no merit in
the position of the Charging Party, and its motion is hereby denied
2 In agreeing with the Trial Examiner that this case is clearly
distinguishable from Coamo Knitting Mills, Inc, 150 NLRB 579, we find it
unnecessary to go beyond the fact that Respondent reached an agreement
with United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America, AFL-CIO,
Local Union No 1191, United Association of Journeymen and Apprentices
of the Plumbing and Pipe Fitting Industry of the United States and Canada,
AFL-CIO, Local Union No 388; and International Brotherhood of
Electrical Workers, AFL-CIO, Local Union No 665, parties of interest,
before a majority of employees designated them as their bargaining
representative
3 Respondent, in its Exception 4, attacks certain minor factual findings
by the Trial Examiner relating to the signing of the cards However, even
assuming those facts are as asserted by the Respondent, they cannot affect
our conclusion herein.
TRIAL EXAMINER'S DECISION
STATEMENT OF THE CASE
EUGENE E. DIXON, Trial Examiner: This proceeding,
brought under Section 10(b) of the National Labor
Relations Act, as amended (61 Stat, 136), herein called the
Act, was heard by me at Lansing, Michigan, on November
2, 1971, pursuant to due notice. The consolidated com-
plaint and notice of hearing, issued by the Regional
Director for Region 7 representing the Acting General
Counsel for the National Labor Relations Board (herein
called the General Counsel and the Board) on August 20,
1971, and based upon duly served charges filed June 23
and July 7 by International Union, United Automobile,
Aerospace and Agricultural Implement Workers of Ameri-
ca, herein called the UAW or the Charging Party, alleged
that Wickes Corporation, Wickes Manufactured Housing
Division, Respondent herein, had engaged in unfair labor
practices in violation of Section 8(a)(1)(2) and (3) of the
Act.
In its duly filed answer Respondent denied the commis-
sion of any unfair labor practices.
Upon the entire record in the case, and from observation
of the witnesses, I make the following:
FINDINGS OF FACT
I. RESPONDENT'S BUSINESS
At all times material herein Respondent has been a
corporation duly organized under and existing by virtue of
the laws of Delaware. Respondent has maintained its
principal office and place of business in Mason, Michigan,
where it is engaged in the manufacture, sale, and
distribution of single dwelling residential units. During the
12-month period ending July 1, 1971, which period is
representative, Respondent in the course and conduct of
his business operations purchased and caused to be
transported and delivered to its Mason plant wood, bricks,
and other goods and materials valued in excess of $50,000,
which goods and materials were transported and delivered
to its plant in Mason, Michigan, directly from points
outside Michigan.
During the same period of time Respondent manufac-
tured, sold, and distributed at its Mason, Michigan, plant
products valued in excess of $500,000 of which $50,000
worth were shipped from said plant directly to points
located outside the State of Michigan.
Respondent at all times material herein has been an
employer engaged in commerce within the meaning of
Section 2(2), (6), and (7) of the Act.
II. THE LABOR ORGANIZATIONS
International Union , United Automobile, Aerospace and
Agricultural Implement Workers of America , at all times
material has been a labor organization within the meaning
of Section 2(5) of the Act. Also at all times material , within
the meaning of the same Section of the Act , the following
parties of interest have been labor organizations: (1)
United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America,
AFL-CIO, Local Union No . 1191; (2) United Association
of Journeymen and Apprentices of the Plumbing and Pipe
Fitting Industry of the United States and Canada,
AFL-CIO, local Union No. 388 ; and (3) International
Brotherhood of Electrical Workers , AFL-CIO, Local
Union No . 665. All three of the above will be referred to
herein as the Tri-Trades.
197 NLRB No. 128
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Ill. THE UNFAIR LABOR PRACTICES previous negotiations and contract agreement with Re-
The issues in this case are (1) whether or not certain
Section 8(a)(1) conduct was engaged in by Respondent
including the posting of an illegal no-solicitation rule; (2)
whether Respondent engaged in certain 8(a)(2) conduct
including recognition and entering into a contract with the
assisted Union and (3) whether Respondent engaged in
8(a)(3) conduct by the discharge and reprimands of its
employee Joseph Salvaggio. Although Respondent was
represented by counsel at the hearing he took essentially
no part in the proceeding and put in no evidence
whatsoever.
What defense was raised to the complaint was adduced
by counsel for the parties of interest. He cross-examined
the General Counsel's witnesses and called one of the Ti-
Trades representatives, Fred Ikle, who did not controvert
the General Counsel's evidence except with respect to one
denial that, as will be seen, I do not credit. Since there is no
dispute as 'to the evidence I see no reason to go into great
detail. Accordingly, I shall make my findings in broad
outline.
Somewhere around March 1, 1971, Respondent opened a
new plant in Mason, Michigan, and by midyear was
employing over 200 people in the new operation. Shortly
after its plant opened Respondent contacted the Tri-
Trades and asked for a meeting "to discuss Tri-labor
agreements as they related to modular homes."' The
meeting took place around the first of April. At that time
the possibility of recognition of Tn-Trades as bargaining
agent of the employees was discussed. From that point
Respondent and Tri-Trades entered into a series of
negotiation sessions which culminated on June 15, 1971, in
agreement on terms of a collective-bargaining contract for
the employees subject to the Tri-Trades securing authoriza-
tion cards from a majority of the employees. Thereupon, as
stated in the Tri-Trades brief,
Tn Trades arranged for a union meeting to be held in
Holt, Michigan, some 15 miles away from the employ-
er's facility. This meeting was to be held on June 16,
1971 for submission of the tentative agreement to the
employees. During the course of the day of June 16,
1971, application for membership cards were attached
to the timecards of the employees by a representative of
the employer2 and a notice was posted by a union
representative3 above the timeclock informing en
employees of the meeting that evening. Sometime
during the course of the afternoon of June 16, 1971, a
representative of the Tri Trades called the plant
superintendent and asked him to announce that the
meeting would take place over the public address
system? The announcement was made by Plant
Manager Ward Phelps.
At the meeting Tri-Trades informed the employees of the
1 At the time they were hired several employees were told by Respondent
that there would be a union in the plant in a short time and at least one was
told it would be the Tn-Trades
2 A secretary came down from the office and gave William Fischer, the
Janitor, a batch of over 200 Tri-Trades authorization cards with instructions
to attach them to the individual timecards While he was doing this some
employees asked him what they were for. Fischer told Plant Supenntendent
Ray Holzman about these inquiries Holzman told Fischer that a notice
would be posted concerning the cards and not to worry about it.
spondent and proceeded to read the contract in anticipation
of ratification by the employees. Several questions and
considerable opposition were voiced by the employees to
various features of the contract. There was some indication
on the part of the union representatives that an attempt
would be made to negotiate further with Respondent.
Finally, one of the union representatives, in the words of
one of the General Counsel 's witnesses (corroborated in
substance by several others), told the employees that "the
(Tn-Trades) was the union we were going to have and we
had 2 weeks to settle this thing and to ratify a contract .. .
or else there would be no union at all at the ... plant, and
... there were 1400 people willing to take our jobs for
$2.50 an hour."5 Ultimately, a secret ballot "yes" or "no"
vote was taken (which some of the employees did not
understand as a vote for ratification or rejection of the
contract) resulting in a predominantly "yes" vote-about 74
to 9. Thereafter, most of the employees present signed and
turned in the authorization cards that had been appended
to their timecards.
The following day, June 17, Tri-Trades wrote Respon-
dent, submitting the authorization cards to Respondent,6
and requested formal recognition. By letter dated June 22
Respondent granted recognition and on June 23 executed
the previously agreed-on contract.
Joseph Salvaggio was hired by Respondent on May 31,
1971, and was discharged on June 18. Prior to his discharge
he "talked to numerous employees at the plant about
getting a union . . . in particular . . . about . . . UAW,"
but the consensus was that UAW would not be interested
because Respondent did not make automobiles. The day
after the Tri-Trades meeting Salvaggio got in touch with
the UAW and received a large batch of UAW authoriza-
tion cards which on the following morning (June 18) prior
to work he started to pass out at the gate to the incoming
employees. He had gotten a few signed when Plant
Superintendent Ray Holzman approached and demanded
to know who he was. Salvaggio told Holzman that it was
none of his business because he had "never met the man
... had no indication who he was." Holzman then asked
if Salvaggio worked for Respondent. Learning that
Salvaggio was an employee Holzman entered the gate.
Salvaggio continued to get cards signed and when it was
time to start the shift started to enter the gate but was
stopped by Holzman and told that he was discharged.
When he returned to the plant on June 22 to pick up his
check Salvaggio was called into Holzman's office where
Holzman and his foreman recited to Salvaggio his
"shortcomings as a worker for Wickes Corporation." The
very next day Salvaggio was offered his job back and was
asked to come in and talk about it. At the plant it was
explained to him by another official that "perhaps Ray
3 Actually the notice was posted by one of Respondent's foremen In this
notice the employees were instructed to turn the cards in to the office
° He told the employees "There will be a union meeting tonight . This is
for your benefit, so be there."
5 I do not credit a slightly different version adduced in Tn-Trades'
testimony as to what was said on this occasion.
6 At this time there were 228 employees . Received in evidence were 126
authorization cards dated June 17 or before, 8 with no date , and 8 dated
June 18.
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Holzman had been a little rash in dismissing" him and that
Respondent thought it only right that he be given another
chance because he did not have "that many ... discipli-
nary actions against" him. At this interview Salvaggio
stated that when he returned he "was going to try to
organize the UAW . . ." and was assured he could do
anything he wanted to do in that regard.?
Not only was 'Salvaggio reinstated but he was also paid
for the time he had missed because of the discharge.
Nonetheless, Salvaggio was not at first assigned to his
former job of layout work but was put on a sanding
operation, "the worst job in the plant." Within a few days,
however, he was returned to his previous layout work. On
the first day of his reassignment he was given a written
reprimand for an error "delaying the job 3 man hours"
which took him about 20 minutes to correct and this at a
time when his work was "so far ahead of the rest of the
plant in terms of production" that in effect he had nothing
to do.
On another occasion (July 8) Salvaggio needed some left-
handed doors for the work he was then on and asked one
of the employees if he knew where there were any left-
handed doors. At this point Foreman Crane walked up to
him and said, "I don't want you to be talking about union
business on company time." Salvaggio denied the charge
and Crane said, "don't tell me" that. Later in the day
Salvaggio received a disciplinary note signed by Foreman
Crane and Plant Superintendent Holzman stating "I have
on more . . . than . . one occasion observed Joe
promoting UAW on company time both in and out of my
area. His activities have caused much dissension among
other employees and I have warned him once verbally."
After his return to work Salvaggio continued to solicit
support for the UAW during his free time and was
observed doing so by various of Respondent's officials.
Along this line right after the 4th of July after he had
punched out Salvaggio individually notified everyone
punching out that there was going to be a UAW meeting.
Two days after the UAW meeting Respondent posted at
various places in the plant the following no-solicitation rule
and handed one personally to Salvaggio with the statement
"this is especially for you:"
ATTENTION
No solicitation for any reason will be permitted on
company property during working time. Violation of
this rule will be cause for disciplinary action.
IV. CONCLUDING FINDINGS
A. The Alleged Section 8(a)(1) Violation
Foreman Crane 's threat to discharge an employee if he
did not take off a UAW button is clearly a violation of
Section 8 (a)(1) of the Act. As for the no-solicitation rule, if
the remark-to Salvaggio that it was "especially" for him as
he was personally handed one doesn't show that it was
7 The sincerity of this concession is brought in question by the fact that
not long after this, around the first of July, foreman Crane was overheard
by one of the employees telling another one to take off a UAW button he
was wearing "or he'd be fired "
8 Indeed, the results of the football pools were customarily posted on the
promulgated solely to curtail activity on behalf of the
UAW, the disparity of its enforcement does. Thus the
record shows that the solicitation and administration of
check pools and football pools was universally practiced in
the plants after the posting of the notice with the full
knowledge of the supervisors. Moreover, after the notice
was posted Respondent allowed the Tn-Trades to solicit,
during working time, checkoff authorizations from the
employees. I find that the posting of the no-solicitation rule
violated Section 8(a)(I) of the Act.
B. The Alleged Section 8(a)(2) Violation
In my opinion the legal assistance rendered by Respon-
dent to Tri-Trades is so clear as to need no discussion. And
this would be true even if Tn-Trades' conduct at the
company sponsored meeting had not in and of itself
coercively motivated the card signing there by the
employees.9
In this connection Respondent maintains that the facts
here are "exactly analogous" to those in Coamo Knitting
Mills, Inc., 150 NLRB 579, and supply a complete defense
to the 8(a)(2) charge. In that case on July 17 the employer
permitted the Union (after announcing the meeting over
the public address system) to meet with and address the
employees and pass out authorization cards. Thereupon a
majority authorized the Union to represent them. On July
19 a collective-bargaining agreement was reached between
the Union and the Employer. At this time no other union
was in the picture. The facts here are clearly distinguisha-
ble. Here Respondent itself distributed the authorization
cards in effect. Here the agreement was reached before the
employees designated the Union as their bargaining agent.
Moreover, Respondent's recognition and contract agree-
ment here were not in a one-union context as in Coamo,
since, as shown by Salvaggio's discharge, Respondent was
well aware of the UAW's interest.
C. The Alleged Section 8(a)(3) Violation
As clear cut a violation as Crane's threat of discharge for
wearing a UAW button is Respondent 's discharge of
Salvaggio . That he was reinstated almost immediately and
made whole for the wages he lost serves only to accentuate
Respondent 's guilt and in any event does not obviate the
discriminatory nature of the discharge and its effect on the
employees.
Besides the foregoing discrimination by Respondent I
also find as alleged in the complaint that the two written
reprimands as described above were also discriminatorily
directed against Salvaggio because of his activity on behalf
of the UAW and, like the discharge , violated Section
8(a)(3) of the Act.
V. THE EFFECT OF THE UNFAIR LABOR PRACTICES
UPON COMMERCE
The activities of Respondent set forth in section III,
bulletin board
9 1 refer specifically to the statement by the Tn-Trades that threatened
loss of employment and that there would be no other union if the employees
did not ratify the contract and in effect join the Union
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above, occurring in connection with the operations of the
Respondent described in section I, above, have a close,
intimate, and substantial relation to trade, traffic, and
commerce among the several States and tend to lead to
labor disputes burdening and obstructing commerce and
the free flow of commerce.
practices affecting commerce within the meaning of
Section 2(6) and (7) of the Act.
Upon the foregoing findings of fact, conclusions of law,
and the entire record, and pursuant to Section 10(c) of the
Act, I hereby issue the following recommended- 12
The Remedy
Having found that Respondent has engaged in unfair
labor practices in violation of Section 8(a)(1), (2), and (3)
of the Act, I shall recommend that it cease and desist
therefrom and take certain affirmative action designed to
effectuate the policies of the Act. In this connection I shall
recommend that Respondent withdraw recognition from
the organizations making up the Tn-Trades and cease
giving effect to its current contract with that organization,
unless and until Tri-Trades be certified by the Board as
bargaining representative of the Respondent's employ-
ees.10 Nothing in this recommended order, however, shall
be deemed to require Respondent to vary or abandon any
of the substantive features provided for in said agreement
or to prejudice their assertion by the employees. I shall also
recommend that Respondent reimburse all employees for
all the initiation fees and dues deducted from their pay on
behalf of the Tri-Trades. Also, I shall recommend that
Respondent remove the reprimands in Salvaggio's person-
nel file discussed herein.ii I shall also recommend the
usual posting of the usual notices.
Upon the basis of the foregoing findings of fact and
upon the entire record in the case I make the following:
CONCLUSIONS OF LAW
I International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace
and Agricultural Implement Workers of America (UAW);
United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America,
AFL-CIO, Local Union No 1191: United Association of
Journeymen and Apprentices of the Plumbing and Pipe
Fitting Industry of the United States and Canada,
AFL-CIO, Local No. 388; and International Brotherhood
of Electrical Workers, AFL-CIO, Local Union No. 665,
are all labor organizations within the meaning of Section
2(5) of the Act.
2. By interfering with, restraining, and coercing em-
ployees in the exercise of rights guaranteed in Section 7 of
the Act, as found herein, Respondent has engaged in and is
engaging in unfair labor practices within the meaning of
Section 8(a)(1) of the Act.
3. By assisting and contributing support to the three
last named Unions above known as Tri-Trades, Respon-
dent has engaged in and is engaging in unfair labor
practices within the meaning of Section 8(a)(2) of the Act.
4. By discriminating against its employees, as found
above, Respondent has engaged in unfair labor practices
within the meaning of Section 8(a)(3) of the Act.
5. The aforesaid unfair labor practices are unfair labor
10 Seamprufe, Inc, 82 NLRB 892, Bowman Transportation, Inc, 113
NLRB 786, 787
11 Since Salvaggio was reinstated with full backpay the customary
remedy in this respect is not needed
11 In the event no exceptions are filed as provided by Section 102 46 of
ORDER
Respondent, Wickes Corporation, Wickes Manufactured
Housing Division, its officers, agents, successors, and
assigns, shall:
1. Cease and desist from:
(a) Interfering with, restraining , or coercing its employ-
ees in the exercise of their Section 7 rights by threatening
discharge for exercising such rights or by promulgating or
enforcing an illegal no-solicitation rule.
(b) Discouraging membership of its employees in
International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace and
Agricultural Implement Workers of America, or any other
labor organization by discriminatorily discharging or
reprimanding them or in any other manner discriminating
against them in regard to their hire, tenure of employment,
or any term or condition of employment.
(c) Illegally contributing support to or assistance to
United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America,
AFL-CIO, Local Union No. 1191; United Association of
Journeymen and Apprentices of the Plumbing and Pipe
Fitting Industry of the United States and Canada,
AFL-CIO, Local Union No. 388; and International
Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, AFL-CIO, Local
Union No. 665; and United Association of Journeymen
and Apprentices of the Plumbing and Pipe Fitting Industry
of the United States and Canada, AFL-CIO, Local Union
No. 388 (herein known as the Tri-Trades), or any other
labor organization of its employees.
(d) Recognizing said organization, or any successor
thereto, as the representative of its employees for the
purpose of dealing with it concerning grievances, labor
disputes, wages, rates of pay, hours of employment, or
other conditions of employment, unless and until such
labor organization shall have been certified by the
National Labor Relations Board as such representative.
(e) Recognizing or giving effect to its current collective-
bargaining agreement with said labor organization, or to
any modification, extension, supplement or renewal there-
of, or to any other contract, agreement, or understanding
entered into with said labor organization relating to
grievances, disputes, wages, or rates of pay, hours of
employment, or other conditions of employment, unless
and until said organization shall have been certified by the
National Labor Relations Board
(f) In any other manner interfering with, restraining, or
coercing its employees in the exercise of their right to self-
organization , to bargain collectively through representa-
tives of their own choosing, or to engage in concerted
activities for the purposes of collective bargaining or other
the Rules and Regulations of the National Labor Relations Board, the
findings , conclusions , and recommended Order herein shall, as provided in
Section 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
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mutual aid or protection, or to refrain from any or all such
activities.
2. Take the following affirmative action which I find
will effectuate the policies of the Act:
(a) Withdraw and withhold all recognition from the Tri-
Trades as described above, or any successor thereto, as the
representative of any of its employees for the purposes of
dealing with Respondent concerning grievances, labor
disputes, wages, rates of pay, hours of employment, or
other terms or conditions of employment unless and until
said organization shall have been certified by the National
Labor Relations Board as the representative of the
employees concerned.
(b) Reimburse employees for all initiation fees and dues
deducted from their pay on behalf of the Tri-Trades.
(c) Remove the reprimands dated June 29 and July 8,
1971, from the personnel file of Joseph Salvaggio.
(d) Preserve and upon request make available to the
Board or its agents, for examination and copying, all
payroll records, social security payment records, timecards,
personnel records and reports, and all other records
necessary to analyze the amount of initiation fees and dues
to be paid back to the employees under the terms of this
recommended Order.
(e) Post at its plant at Mason, Michigan, the attached
notice marked "Appendix." 13 Copies of said notice on
forms provided by the Regional Director for Region 7,
shall, after being duly signed by an authorized representa-
tive of Respondent, be posted by Respondent immediately
upon receipt thereof and be maintained by it for a period
of 60 consecutive days thereafter, in conspicuous places,
including all places where notices to employees are
customarily posted.
(f) Notify the Regional Director for Region 7, in writing,
within 20 days from the receipt of this Decision, what steps.
the Respondent has taken to comply herewith.i4
IT IS FURTHER RECOMMENDED that, unless on or before 20
days from the receipt of this Decision the Respondent
notify said Regional Director, in writing, that it will
comply with the foregoing recommended Order, the
National Labor Relations Board issue an order requiring it
to take such action.
13 In the event that the Board's 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 be changed to read
"Posted pursuant to a Judgment of the United States Court of Appeals
enforcing an Order of the National Labor Relations Board "
14 In the event that this recommended Order is adopted by the Board
after exceptions have been filed , this provision shall be modified to read-
"Notify the Regional Director for Region 7 in writing, within 20 days from
the date of this Order, what steps the Respondent has taken to comply
herewith "
Association of Journeymen and Apprentices of the
Plumbing and Pipe Fitting Industry of the United
States and Canada , AFL-CIO, Local Union No. 388,
and International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers,
AFL-CIO, Local Union No. 665 (known as the Tri-
Trades), as the representatives of our employees for the
purpose of dealing with them concerning grievances,
labor disputes , wages , rates of pay, hours of employ-
ment , or other conditions of employment, unless and
until such organizations shall have been certified by the
National Labor Relations Board as such representa-
tives.
WE WILL cease performing or giving effect to our
current collective-bargaining agreement with the afore-
said labor organizations , or to any modification,
extension , supplement or renewal thereof or to any
other contract , agreement , or understanding entered
into with said organizations relating to grievances,
disputes , wages, or rates of pay, hours of employment,
or other conditions of employment , unless and until
said organizations shall have been certified by the
National Labor Relations Board.
WE WILL reimburse all employees for all initiation
fees and dues deducted from their pay on behalf of the
aforesaid labor organizations.
WE WILL remove the reprimands dated June 29 and
July 8 , 1971, from the personnel file of Joseph
Salvaggio.
WE WILL NOT discourage membership in Interna-
tional Union , United Automobile , Aerospace and
Agricultural Implement Workers of America, or any
other labor organization , by discriminatorily discharg-
ing or reprimanding our employees or in any other
manner discriminating against them in regard to their
hire , tenure of employment , or any term or condition of
employment.
WE WILL NOT threaten discharge or other reprisals
for the wearing of the button of the UAW or any other
union.
WE WILL NOT promulgate or enforce an illegal no-
solicitation rule.
WE WILL NOT in any other manner interfere with,
restrain, or coerce our employees in the exercise of their
right to self-organization , to bargain collectively
through representatives of their own choosing, or to
engage in concerted activities for the purposes of
collective bargaining or other mutual aid or protection,
or to refrain from any or all such activities.
All of our employees are free to belong , or not to belong,
to International Union , United Automobile , Aerospace
and Agricultural Implement Workers of America , (UAW).
APPENDIX
NOTICE TO EMPLOYEES
POSTED BY ORDER OF THE
NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD
An Agency of the United States Government
WE WILL withdraw and withhold all recognition of
United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of
America, AFL-CIO, Local Union No. 1191; United
WICKES CORPORATION,
WICKES MANUFACTURED
HOUSING DIVISION
(Employer)
Dated By
(Representative ) (Title)
This is an official notice and must not be defaced by
anyone.
WICKES CORPORATION 865
This notice must remain posted for 60 consecutive days directed to the Board's Office, 500 Book Building, 1249
from the date of posting and must not be altered, defaced, Washington Boulevard, Detroit, Michigan 48226, Tele-
or covered by any other material. Any questions concern- phone 313-226-3200.
ing this notice or compliance with its provisions may be