Local Union No. 300, Amalgamated Meat Cutters & Butcher Workmen v. McCulloch

JOHN R. BROWN, Chief Judge:

The exclusion of farm workers from coverage under the NLRA, 29 U.S.C.A. § *398151 et seq., is challenged here by the plaintiff Union. The challenge is both statutory and constitutional. The arguments are twofold. First, that workers, su ch as those who are members of this Union, who work on a permanent basis on large mechanized farms are not “agricultural laborers” within the meaning of the Act. Second, the failure of Congress to include such agricultural workers under the Act deprives them of equal protection. The constitutional claim is presented in the framework…