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- Title: Packerland Packing Co. v. National Labor Relations Board
- Author : United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
- Release Date : January 03, 1976
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 76 KB
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Packerland Packing Company of Texas petitions for review of a determination by the National Labor Relations Board that it committed unfair labor practices in violation of sections 8(a)(1) and 8(a)(2) of the National Labor Relations Act, 29 U.S.C. çç 158(a)(1), (a)(2). We find that the Board's cross-application for enforcement of its order should be granted and the petition for review denied on the basis of one of the three grounds stated by the Administrative Law Judge, whose decision the Board adopted. We need not, therefore, pass upon the other two grounds, though we note that they present very close questions indeed. This dispute grows out of competition between Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen of North America (Amalgamated) and the Independent Employees Union of Packerland (Independent) to represent the employees at Packerland's newly-acquired Pampa, Texas, meatpacking plant in the winter of 1973-74. At a time after Amalgamated had informed Packerland of Texas' parent corporation of its intention to seek representation of the Pampa workers and after both unions had engaged in organizing efforts, Independent representatives informed plant management that it had obtained the support of a majority of eligible workers. Without verifying all signatures on the petition presented by Independent, plant manager Howard Frankenthal recognized Independent and the next day negotiated a three-year collective bargaining agreement with it in 2 1/2 hours.