Westinghouse Electric Corp. v. Unemployment Compensation Board of Review

Opinion by

Hirt, J.,

Two rival labor unions were competing for recognition as the exclusive representative of the 600 employes of the appellant, Westinghouse Electric Corporation, in its plant in Beaver, Pennsylvania. There was no existing bargaining unit in the plant. These unions — Local No. 634 United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers, C. I. O., and Local No. 201, International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, A. F. L. — each had a membership of between 250 and 300 of the workmen in the plant. The C. I. O. local did not have standing to petition the National Labor Relations Board to…