Texas Gulf Sulphur Company, Petitioner-Cross-Respondent v. National Labor Relations Board, Respondent-Cross-Petitioner

This case is before us on the petition of Texas Gulf Sulphur Company to review and set aside an order of the National Labor Relations Board, issued against the Company on January 24, 1972, 195 N.L.R.B. No. 10. The Board has filed a cross-application for enforcement of its order, pursuant to 29 U.S.C. § 160. The Board found that Texas Gulf discharged four employees (Brownshadel, Breaux, Sherman and Munoz) in violation of sections 8(a) (3) and (1) of the Act. It concluded that although the company was justified in laying off a certain number of employees for economic reasons, it laid off the…