National Labor Relations Board v. Transportation Management Corp.

The National Labor Relations Act (NLRA or Act), 29 U. S. C. § 151 ei seq. (1976 ed. and Supp. V), makes unlawful the discharge of a worker because of union activity, §§ 8(a)(1), (3), as amended, 61 Stat. 140,29 U. S. C. §§ 158(a)(1), (3), 1 but employers retain the right to discharge workers for any number of other reasons unrelated to the employee’s union activities. When the General Counsel of the National Labor Relations Board (Board) files a complaint alleging that an employee was discharged because of his union activities, the employer may assert legitimate motives for his decision. In…