Opinion ID: 496585
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Heading Rank: 5

Heading: the end of the haul

Text: 28 No matter how bent it may be on preserving jobs for its membership, a labor organization cannot simply catch the nearest way. When positions are removed from the marketplace by the act of a third party in circumstances over which a neutral employer has no control, the union cannot go after the latter hammer and tongs, using coercive pressure to try to force the neutral to exert its presumed influence on the employer responsible for the cutback. In this case, when Sears withdrew the work, Local 25, like Yertle, decided the kingdom it ruled was too small: 29 I'm ruler, said Yertle, of all that I see. But I don't see enough. That's the trouble with me. 5 30 In its effort to bring the kingdom back to its former size, the union saw too much, and reached across the allowable frontiers into territory where it had no right to prospect. 31 For the reasons which we have mentioned, we are persuaded that the Board's findings are bottomed upon substantial evidence in the record as a whole. There has been no cognizable error of law. Since the findings must stand, the remedial order--as to which no proper exception was taken--must likewise stand. Thus, we need go no further. Local 25's petition for review is denied and dismissed, the NLRB's cross-application is granted, and its order is 32 Enforced.