VAN LEER CONTAINERS, INC. v. N.L.R.B.

Nos. 86-1799 & 86-2002.

841 F.2d 779 (1988)

VAN LEER CONTAINERS, INC., Petitioner, Cross-Respondent, v. NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD, Respondent, Cross-Petitioner.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided March 15, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles E. Murphy, Murphy, Smith & Polk, Chicago, Ill., for petitioner, cross-respondent.

Linda Dreeben, NLRB (Elliott Moore — NLR), Washington, D.C., for respondent, cross-petitioner.

Before WOOD, and RIPPLE, Circuit Judges, and GORDON, Senior District Judge.


HARLINGTON WOOD, Jr., Circuit Judge.

Employees of Van Leer Containers, Inc. (Van Leer) voted to have the United Steel-workers of America, AFL-CIO (Union) serve as their bargaining representative. Van Leer refused to bargain with the Union, claiming improprieties in the election process. The National Labor Relations Board (Board) overruled Van Leer's objections and found that Van Leer had violated sections 8(a)(1) and (5) of the National Labor Relations Act (Act)

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