NLRB Cases Archive 1960 - 1995, LABOR-RELATIONS 1993-94 CCH-NLRB ¶15,506, FLEXSTEEL INDUSTRIES, INC. and UNITED STEELWORKERS OF AMERICA, AFL-CIO-CLC, UPHOLSTERY DIVISION., (Sep. 30, 1994), National Labor Relations Board, (Sep 30, 1994)

FLEXSTEEL INDUSTRIES, INC. and UNITED STEELWORKERS OF AMERICA, AFL-CIO-CLC, UPHOLSTERY DIVISION.

315 NLRB No. 10.Case No. 25-CA-22446. September 30, 1994 Benjamin Schlesinger, Administrative Law Judge..

Before Gould, Stephens and Devaney.

Steve Robles, for General Counsel. Arthur D. Rutkowski (Bowers, Harrison, Kent & Miller), Evansville, Indiana, for Respondent. Chris M. Bolte, Jasper, Indiana, for Charging Party.

Interference--Solicitation of Grievances--Eroding Union Support.--In an attempt to erode employee support for a union during an organizing campaign, an employer solicited an employee grievance and promised to quickly resolve it. Prior to that point, the employer had not handled similar employee requests with such dispatch and its actions were intended to interfere with its employees’ free choice of a bargaining representative. Section 8(a)(1).

Back reference: ¶3800.602.

Discharges--Fact Finding--Cause as Justification.--On the facts, an employer was justified in terminating an employee, although she was engaged in union organizing activities, because she had hit a supervisor in the face with a piece of material that she had been working with. Section 8(a)(3).

From Text of Board’s Decision

The Board has considered the decision and the record in light of the exceptions and brief and has decided to affirm the judge’s rulings, findings, [1] and conclusions [2] and to adopt the recommended Order.