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- Title: National Labor Relations Board v. Linda Jo Shoe Co.
- Author : Fifth Circuit United States Court Of Appeals
- Release Date : January 07, 1962
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 65 KB
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JONES, C.J.: The respondent, Linda Jo Shoe Company, is a manufacturer of shoes at Gainesville, Texas. It had, during the time here pertinent, about 550 employees of whom about 500 were production employees. In July of 1959 the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union, AFL-CIO, on whose complaint this proceeding was initiated, began to organize the employees of Linda Jo. Some representatives of the union met on July 18th with a few of Linda Jos employees to whom union application cards were given for distribution among the companys employees. A second meeting was held on July 22nd, attended by those who had participated in the first meeting, for the purpose of seeing how many cards had been procured and how the employees had reacted to the union effort. During this period Jack Silven, President of Linda Jo, called a meeting of the employees. One of the employees fixed the date as July 20th, Silven said it was during the last three or four days of July. The complaint, signed by the Regional Director of National Labor Relations Board, fixed the date as on or about July 29th, 1959. The exact date is probably immaterial. At the meeting Silven made a brief talk which he concluded by saying, according to his testimony, "that there was a company rule that no material of any kind would be distributed on company premises or inside the factory during working hours subject to dismissal." Other witnesses omitted the reference to "during working hours" in their testimony as to what Silven had said. Shortly thereafter the Company bulletin boards had posted upon them the following: