Legal Opinion
Belknap, Inc. v. Hale
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided June 30, 1983No. 81-1966PublishedCited by 347 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice White
The federal labor relations laws recognize both economic strikes and strikes to protest unfair labor practices. Where employees have engaged in an economic strike, the employer may hire permanent replacements whom it need not discharge even if the strikers offer to return to work unconditionally. If the work stoppage is an unfair labor practice strike, the employer must discharge any replacements in order to accommodate returning strikers. In this case we must decide whether the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA or Act) pre-empts a misrepresentation and breach-of-contract action against the…
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