Legal Opinion

Simmons, Inc. v. National Labor Relations Board

Court of Appeals for the First Circuit

Decided March 21, 1963No. 5950PublishedCited by 8 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

ALDRICH, Circuit Judge.

Just as in union there is strength, in disunity there is difficulty. The question in this case is upon whom fall the consequences. For some years the production employees of Simmons, Inc., a corporation doing business in Puerto Rico, were represented by a union known as the Mattress Workers. This union had a collective bargaining agreement, to expire January 31, 1959. By 1958 the union was apparently moribund, and the Seafarers International Union of North America, etc., (SIU) became interested in taking over. The employees elected a Comite of five members, some of whom…

2Cases cited19 opinions

  1. Mastro Plastics Corp. v. National Labor Relations BoardSupreme Court of the United States · 1956
  2. National Labor Relations Board v. Wooster Division of Borgwarner Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1958
  3. National Labor Relations Board v. Remington Rand, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1938
  4. National Labor Relations Board v. Birmingham Publishing CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1959
  5. National Labor Relations Board v. Draper CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1944

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3Cited by8 opinions

  1. Verlin L. Pulley and Carola Pulley, D.B.A. Capitol-Varsity Cleaning Co. v. National Labor Relations BoardCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1968
  2. Worcester Telegram Publishing Co. v. Director of the Division of Employment SecurityMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1964
  3. National Labor Relations Board v. Call, Burnup and Sims Inc.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1968
  4. Latrobe Steel Co. v. National Labor Relations BoardCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1980
  5. Simmons, Inc. v. National Labor Relations BoardCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1965

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