National Labor Relations Board v. Ephraim Haspel

The facts are set forth in the decision of the Labor Board, 109 N. L. R. B. No. 8. Respondent, an individual employer of about fifteen-persons, performs finishing operations on garments supplied by other firms. After being approached by a representative of Local 66 of the International Ladies Garment Workers Union, who requested that he sign a contract with that organization, respondent interrogated his employees, who stated that they did not wish to become members of Local 66. Respondent, then realizing that, in order for him to continue receiving contract work from unionized employers, his…