International Association of MacHinists Tool and Die Makers Lodge No. 35 v. National Labor Relations Board

There are two questions here for decision; (1) whether on the facts of this case the National Labor Relations Board was without authority in finding that an industrial unit was appropriate for collective bargaining purposes to the exclusion of a craft unit; and (2) whether the Board had authority to require the employer to bargain with that industrial unit, despite a claim submitted to the Board by the craft unit before the order issued that the latter then had been designated by a majority of all the employees. We granted certiorari because of the .importance of these questions in the…