International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace & Agricultural Implement Workers v. ITT Lighting Fixtures, Inc.

Justice White, with whom Justice Brennan joins,

dissenting.

A majority of the employees at two facilities operated by respondent ITT Lighting Fixtures, Inc., chose petitioner International Union as their bargaining representative in an election conducted under the auspices of the National Labor Relations Board in February 1979. ITT contested the election results, challenging the ballots cast by a number of group leaders on the ground that these employees were supervisors and asserting that they had actively favored the union during the election campaign. The Board held that some of the group…