National Labor Relations Board v. Northern Metal Company

I. The Concerted Activity Issue

Section 7 of the National Labor Relations Act states that “[e]mployees shall have the right * * * to engage in * * * concerted activities for the purpose of collective bargaining or other mutual aid or protection * * Section 8(a) (1) makes it an unfair labor practice for an employer “to interfere with, restrain, or coerce employees in the exercise of” their Section 7 rights. The question presented for our determination is whether efforts by an employee to enforce a provision of the collective bargaining agreement are per sé “concerted activity.”

Since there are…