Grand Rapids Die Casting Corporation v. National Labor Relations Board

Grand Rapids Die Casting Corporation petitions for review of a National Labor Relations Board decision adopting the recommendation of an administrative law judge that the Board order reinstatement of a union steward who had been discharged from her employment. The NLRB cross-petitions for enforcement of its order. We shall grant enforcement.

The employee, Sheilla Washington, was one of four union stewards employed at the company’s Grand Rapids, Michigan, plating plant. She processed grievances for union employees who worked on the plating line. Ms. Washington worked in the autobuff department,…