National Labor Relations Board v. United Food & Commercial Workers Union, Local 23

The question to be decided in this case is whether a federal court has authority to review a decision of the National Labor Relations Board’s General Counsel dismissing an unfair labor practice complaint pursuant to an informal settlement in which the charging party refused to join. We hold that such a dismissal is not subject to judicial review under either the amended National Labor Relations Act or the Administrative Procedure Act.

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In August 1984, respondent, the United Food Workers, filed unfair labor practice charges with the Pittsburgh re*115gional office of the National Labor Relations…