Highway Truck Drivers & Helpers, Local 107 v. National Labor Relations Board

WILBUR K.'MILLER, Chief Judge.

E. A. Gallagher & Sons, a partnership having its principal office in Philadelphia, is and for some years has been a common carrier by motor vehicle operating in a number of states. It also maintains warehouses and marine terminals. For the operation of its local and long distance service, Gallagher employs drivers and helpers who are members of the Teamsters Union. Its warehousemen and their helpers are not members of or represented by the Union. In addition, Gallagher frequently engages independent contractors, who own and operate their own truck tractors, to…