Labor: Cease And Desist – Coercion – Fencing Installation

Where the National Labor Relations Board ordered a union to cease and desist from coercing a newly formed commercial fencing subcontractor from doing work for a non-union contractor, the union’s petition for review is denied because the union did not have an unfettered right to refuse a Section 8(F) contract for a motive that the relevant act declared to be unlawful.

Petition for review denied; cross petition granted.

Laborers District Council of Minnesota v. National Labor Relations Board (MLW No. 63989/Case No. 11-2848/11-3115 – 10 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8^th Circuit, Loken, J.) Petition for review of an order of the National Labor Relations Board (Brendan D. Cummins, Minneapolis, argued for petitioner) (Barbara Ann Sheehy, Washington, D.C., argued for respondent; Usha Dheenan and MacKenzie Fillow appeared on the brief).

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