Di Giorgio Fruit Corp. v. National Labor Relations Board

I dissent from that portion of the majority opinion which upholds the Labor Board’s decision in favor of the Farm Union. My reasons are these:

By the terms of the Act, it is an unfair practice for a labor organization or its agents to engage in secondary boycotts. The Farm Union, acting as agent for the National Farm Labor Union, which is a labor organization within the meaning of the statute, engaged in such boycotts. The Farm Union was therefore guilty of the unfair labor practices charged against it by the General Counsel of the Labor Board.

To test the foregoing statements, let us first see…