As generally interpreted by the courts so far, the idea of the Wagner Act is that whereas the employer needs no protection, the worker needs plenty. In two cases last week the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals notably veered from that interpretation.
At Covington, Ky., the court refused to enforce an NLRB order that Cleveland's Thompson Products Inc. (automobile parts) rehire three United Automobile Workers, cease opposition to their union's organization drive. Couple of days later the court again found that NLRB had ignored preponderant evidence in directing Cleveland's Sands Manufacturing Co. (valves, water heaters) to reinstate 48 strikers, resume negotiations with...
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