Standard-Coosa-Thatcher Carpet Yarn Division, Inc. v. National Labor Relations Board

The majority holds the petitioner guilty of several infractions of the National Labor Relations Act, specifically sections 8(a)(1), (3) and (5). I have no quarrel with the opinion of the Court insofar as it affirms the findings of fact and conclusions of law of the Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) with respect to employer misconduct. However, I cannot accept the Board’s imposition of an order requiring petitioner to bargain with a union, such as the respondent, which has failed in two separate election campaigns. In this solicitude for the Union, the majority and the Board forsake the…