Trompler, Inc. v. National Labor Relations Board

POSNER, Circuit Judge.

Trompler is a nonunion machine shop that employs 30 workers in three shifts. The second shift runs from 2 to 10 p.m. and is staffed by eight workers, including a supervisor (“leadman”). One day, six of the eight walked off the job shortly after their shift began, without telling the employer in advance, and as a result production ceased until the workers who work the third shift arrived at 10. The president of the company met with the six workers the next day. There is disagreement over what they told her, but the Board found, not clearly erroneously, that it was that…