Serval Slide Fasteners, Inc. v. Molfetta

After adherents of the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations Unions had competed for a long time at plaintiff’s plant in their respective efforts to organize plaintiff’s employees, they petitioned the National Labor Relations Board to hold a “ consent election ” and permit the employees to determine which union should serve as bargaining agent.

The application was granted and under the board’s supervision, on November 6, 1946, the election was held. Of 442 ballots cast (there were about 500 employees) the A. F. L. received 279, the C. 1.0.147,5 were scattering,…