National Labor Relations Board v. Smith & Wesson

This is a petition to enforce an NLRB order based on violations of section 8(a) (3) and (1) of the act, 29 U.S.C. § 158 (a) (3) and (1). The Board found that the company had engaged in certain threats of reprisals and other related anti-union conduct and that it subsequently discharged one William Dau-plaise because of his union activity. The company’s opposition in this court is based on the claim that the evidence did not warrant the findings.

For reasons not necessary to detail, the single contradicted incident of supervisor Haines’ initially telling Dauplaise that he would be “sorry” if…