Rivera v. Puerto Rico Labor Relations Board

Mr. Justice Todd, Jr.

delivered the opinion of the Court.

Baudilio Rivera, a chauffeur of the Transportation Authority of Puerto Rico and member of the Unión de Chóferes y Mecánicos Núm. 1 de San Juan y Ramas Anexas, Inc., pleaded “guilty with the right to testify”, before the Board of Directors of the Union, of a complaint filed against him by Rafael Rosas, his fellow worker and submarshal of the afore-mentioned Union. In the complaint Rivera was charged with having attacked Rosas, causing him injuries on account of which he had to be confined in a hospital. The Board of Directors of the Union…