Legal Opinion
State Barbers Union v. Barbers Union
Michigan Court of Appeals
Decided August 27, 1968No. Docket No. 3,866PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the CourtT. G-. Kavanagh, J.
Larry J. Walkowski owned and operated a barbershop in Madison Heights. He employed two barbers. Walkowski petitioned the Labor Mediation Board to determine the bargaining representative for the barbers in the shop. Defendant AFL-CIO local 658 disclaimed any interest in the election, and the election on April 27, 1966, resulted in a unanimous victory for plaintiff State Barbers Union, local 55. On April 29, 1966, the State Barbers Union, local 55, was certified as the exclusive representative of the barbers in Walkowski’s shop.
Less than a month after the election, local 658 began picketing the…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- International Association of MacHinists Tool and Die Makers Lodge No. 35 v. National Labor Relations BoardSupreme Court of the United States · 1940
- Sweet v. Local 552, Barbers & Beauticians UnionMichigan Supreme Court · 1961
3Cited by1 opinion
- ED DeVries & Sons v. Employment Relations CommissionMichigan Court of Appeals · 1972