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GLACIER NORTHWEST, INC. v. TEAMSTERS 

JACKSON, J., dissenting 

by any tribunal competent to apply law generally to the par-
ties.”  Garner v. Teamsters, 346 U. S. 485, 490 (1953).  Ra-
ther, Congress “went on to confide primary interpretation
and application of its rules to a specific and specially con-
stituted  tribunal”:  the  National  Labor  Relations  Board. 
Ibid.; see generally §§153–156. 

By  statutory  mandate,  the  Board  is  composed  of  five
members who are appointed by the President with the ad-
vice and consent of the Senate.  §153(a).  Congress also pro-
vided for an independent General Counsel, who is likewise
presidentially  appointed  and  Senate  confirmed.    §153(d); 
see NLRB v. Food & Commercial Workers, 484 U. S. 112, 
117–118 (1987).  The General Counsel conducts investiga-
tions into unfair labor practices and brings complaints be-
fore the Board through a “particular procedure” that Con-
gress  has  prescribed  “for  investigation,  complaint  and
notice,  and  hearing  and  decision,  including  judicial  relief 
pending a final administrative order” from the Board.  Gar-
ner, 346 U. S., at 490; see §§153, 160. 

The  Board  has  fleshed  out  this  process  via  rulemaking 
authority that Congress has delegated.  §156.  If a person 
believes that an employer or union has committed an unfair 
labor practice, the person may file a charge with a regional
director, who acts on behalf of the General Counsel.  29 CFR 
§101.2  (2022).  The  regional  director  investigates  the 
charge.  §101.4.  If “the charge appears to have merit and 
efforts  to  dispose  of  it  by  informal  adjustment  are  unsuc-
cessful,” the regional director issues a complaint on behalf 
of the General Counsel.  §101.8.  When a General Counsel’s 
complaint issues, an administrative law judge (ALJ) holds
a hearing and issues a decision, which the Board reviews if 
any party files an exception.  §§101.8–101.12.  If the Board 
finds that a party has engaged in an unfair labor practice, 
it  must  order  the  party  to  “cease  and  desist”  and  to  take 
“such affirmative action . . . as will effectuate the policies” 
of the NLRA.  29 U. S. C. §160(c).