Lewis v. National Labor Relations Board

BAZELON, Chief Judge:

The National Labor Relations Board found on a stipulated record that the Protective Wage Clause of the National Bituminous Coal Wage Agreement of 1958 violates § 8(e) of the National Labor Relations Act, 29 U.S.C. § 158(e). The Board characterized the clause, the pertinent part of which is set out in the margin,1 as a “union standards clause.” In *802several cases decided after the Board’s order here, we held that such a clause would not ordinarily violate § 8(e) so long as it was “germane to the economic integrity of the principal work unit,” or sought “to protect and…