Legal Opinion
National Labor Relations Board v. Electric Vacuum Cleaner Co., Inc.
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided April 27, 1942No. 588PublishedCited by 50 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Reed
The basic question for determination by this review is the right of the respondent employer, the Electric Vacuum Cleaner Company, Inc., to cooperate with unions, representing an uncoerced majority of its employees, to secure new members. The right is challenged because exercised prior to a closed shop agreement.
The other respondents are various unions, all affiliated with the American Federation of Labor, which we shall call the Affiliates. Since June 22, 1935, these unions have been recognized by the employer as the duly chosen agents of the employees for collective bargaining. On that date,…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- National Labor Relations Board v. Link-Belt Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1941
- National Labor Relations Board v. Pennsylvania Greyhound Lines, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1938
- H. J. Heinz Co. v. National Labor Relations BoardSupreme Court of the United States · 1941
- National Labor Relations Board v. Waterman Steamship Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1940
- National Labor Relations Board v. Falk Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1940
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3Cited by50 opinions
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- National Labor Relations Board v. J. H. Rutter-Rex Manufacturing Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Wallace Corp. v. National Labor Relations BoardSupreme Court of the United States · 1944
- National Labor Relations Board v. National Maritime Union of AmericaCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1949
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