International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Local Union No. 501, Afl-Cio v. National Labor Relations Board

BAZELON, Chief Judge:

In this case we are asked to decide whether coercion by the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Local Union No. 501, AFL-CIO (Local 501) against two subcontractors, Peter M. San-tella, Inc. (Santella) and Rice Electrical Contracting Co. (Rice), violated § 8(b)(4)(ii)(B) of the National Labor Relations Act. 1 To determine whether this coer cion constituted permissible primary activity or illegal secondary activity, we must interpret and apply the “right of control” doctrine as recently set out by the Supreme Court in NLRB v. Enterprise Association, 429 U.S.…