Madden v. International Union, United Mine Workers

GOLDSBOROUGH, Associate Justice. (Orally)

Gentlemen, as you know, there is a motion on the part of the National Labor Relations Board for a mandator}/ injunction requiring the United Mine Workers of America and John L. Lewis their president to bargain collectively with the mine operators.

That motion is based on a law passed in 1947, 29 U.S.C.A. § 141 et seq. The material parts of the law say that “it shall be an unlawful labor practice for a labor organization or its agents to restrain or coerce an employer in selection of his representatives for the purpose of collective bargaining for the…