National Labor Relations Board v. Local 542, International Union of Operating Engineers

HASTIE, Circuit Judge.

In this case the National Labor Relations Board has found the International Union of Operating Engineers, certain of its officers and agents, and Engineers’ Local 542 guilty of unfair labor practices. The wrongs alleged were discriminatory refusals to refer certain union members to a contractor for employment and the inclusion and maintenance of unlawful closed-shop provisions in a collective bargaining contract. On this petition for enforcement of the Board’s order, the principal matter in dispute is the Board’s requirement that all of the respondents make whole three…