SCOFIELD v. NLRB

No. 273.

394 U.S. 423 (1969)

SCOFIELD ET AL. v. NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided April 1, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Urdan argued the cause and filed a brief for petitioners.

Norton J. Come argued the cause for respondent National Labor Relations Board. With him on the brief were Solicitor General Griswold, Arnold Ordman, and Dominick L. Manoli. John Silard argued the cause for respondent International Union, United Automobile Workers. With him on the brief were Joseph L. Rauh, Jr., and Stephen I. Schlossberg.

Walter S. Davis filed a brief for the Wisconsin Manufacturers Assn. et al. as amici curiae urging reversal.


MR. JUSTICE WHITE delivered the opinion of the Court.

Half the production employees of the Wisconsin Motor Corporation are paid on a piecework or incentive basis. They and the other employees are represented by respondent union, which has had contractual relations with the company since 1937.1 In 1938 the union initiated a ceiling on the production for which its members would accept immediate piecework pay. This was done at first by gentlemen...

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