OIL WORKERS v. MOBIL OIL CORP.

No. 74-1254.

426 U.S. 407 (1976)

OIL, CHEMICAL & ATOMIC WORKERS INTERNATIONAL UNION, AFL-CIO, ET AL. v. MOBIL OIL CORP., MARINE TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT, GULF-EAST COAST OPERATIONS.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided June 14, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Laurence Gold argued the cause for petitioners. With him on the briefs were John Tadlock, J. Albert Woll, Howard Schulman, and Chris Dixie.

James W. Hambright argued the cause for respondent. With him on the brief were John G. Tucker, Theophil C. Kammholz, and Warren H. Greene, Jr.*


MR. JUSTICE MARSHALL delivered the opinion of the Court.

Section 8 (a) (3) of the National Labor Relations Act, 49 Stat. 452, as amended, 61 Stat. 140, 29 U. S. C. § 158 (a) (3), permits employers as a matter of federal law to enter into agreements with unions to establish union or agency shops.1 Section 14 (b) of the Act, 61 Stat. 151, 29 U. S. C. § 164 (b), however, allows individual States and Territories to exempt themselves...

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