W. J. Ruscoe Company v. National Labor Relations Board

COMBS, Circuit Judge.

The National Labor Relations Board found that petitioner, W. J. Ruscoe Company, violated Section 8(a) (1) of the National Labor Relations Act by (1) giving written notice of termination of employment to seven striking employees; (2) threatening that those employees who participated in union activity would be fired or “blackballed” if they later applied for references; (3) conditioning an employee’s right to discuss the union during coffee breaks on an absence of complaints from other employees; and (4) discharging and refusing to reinstate two employees at the strike’s…