Lincoln Federal Labor Union v. Northwestern Iron & Metal Co.

Under employment practices in the United States, employers have sometimes limited work opportunities to members of unions, sometimes to non-union members, and at other times have employed and kept their workers without regard to whether they were or were not members of a union. Employers are commanded to follow this latter employment practice in the states of North Carolina and Nebraska. A North Carolina statute and a Nebraska constitutional amendment 1 provide that no person in those states shall be denied an opportunity to obtain or retain employment because he is or is not a member of a…