National Labor Relations Board v. Masters-Lake Success, Inc.

Under a collective bargaining agreement with Masters, Inc., respondent union was recognized as the sole collective bargaining agent for Masters, Inc.’s employees at its midtown New York department store. The agreement, which contained a union security clause, by its terms applied also to any new store opened by Masters, Inc., in the “Metropolitan area.” In the fall of 1957, Masters, Inc., incorporated the respondent employer, Masters-Lake Success, Inc., for the purpose of opening a branch store at Lake Success. At the request of the respondent union the respondent employer treated the…