Tri-State Wholesale Building Supplies, Inc. v. National Labor Relations Board

MARTHA CRAIG DAUGHTREY, Circuit Judge.

The president of Tri-State Wholesale Building Supplies mistakenly told the company’s production manager that TriState’s manufacturing employees would receive holiday pay for New Year’s Day, When the employees learned that, in fact, they would not be paid for New Year’s, they walked out and refused to return to work the next morning. Tri-State then hired replacement workers and sent the striking employees a written notice terminating their employment. The General Counsel of the National Labor Relations Board filed a complaint against Tri-State, alleging…