Wisconsin Telephone Co. v. Wisconsin Employment Relations Board

The principal parties will be referred to .hereinafter as follows: The Wisconsin Labor Relations Board as the “board,” the Wisconsin Telephone Company as the “employer,” and the Wisconsin Telephone Clerical Union as the “union.” Briefly stated, the following facts are material on this appeal.

The board’s action in appointing the conciliator under and for the purposes stated in secs. 111.53, 111.54, Stjats., was taken pursuant to the union’s petition filed July 1, 1948, which was signed by its name by its president, but was unverified.

In the petition the union alleged,—

That the employer is a…