Loose Leaf Hardware, Inc. v. National Labor Relations Board

ORDER

This matter is before the court upon cross petitions for review and enforcement of an order of the National Labor Relations Board, 251 NLRB No. 19, determining that the company violated sections 8(a)(5) and (1) of the National Labor Relations Act by refusing to bargain with Local Union No. 667 of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters following a union certification election in which 99 votes were cast for the union and 63 against.

In refusing to bargain with the Union, petitioner Loose Leaf Hardware, Inc., which had consented to the holding of the election, complained that the…