National Labor Relations Board v. Southern Metal Service, Inc.

This National Labor Relations Board petition presents three issues for determination: first, whether two truck drivers had sufficient community of interest with production and maintenance employees to justify their inclusion in the same bargaining unit; second, whether the Board impermissibly let the extent of employee organization control its determination of an appropriate unit; and third, whether the subjection of an employee to threats of adverse consequences prior to the election required that the vote in favor of the Union be set aside. Deciding against the employer on all three issues,…