Never had the National Labor Relations Board seen such churning unrest.
During September the Board got 307 requests for elections to decide what union the workers should join: the previous high was 193. In the first ten days of October, 200 more elections were asked. It looked as if October would be a banner month for unions. Meanwhile there are strike votes ahead, already authorized. Workers at 96 General Motors plants are sure to vote an emphatic "Yes" to a strike vote next week; Chrysler employes will do the same. The bustling, powerful United Automobile Workers have already petitioned NLRB for...
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