National Labor Relations Board v. Harbison-Fischer Manufacturing Co.

I have serious misgivings about the majority decision. In my view, the evidence of employer wrongdoing is so sparse and insubstantial that it cannot support a finding of “interference, restraint or coercion” as is required to establish a violation under Section 8(a) (1) of the Act.

I recognize of course that the sanctions invoked here involve little more than wrist slapping. The company is ordered to cease and desist from interrogating employees or in any like manner to interfere with, restrain, or coerce its employees in the exercise of rights guaranteed in Section 7 of the Act. The only…