Court Opinion

ID: 9457076
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-04 20:11:31.644886+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:35:12.513963
License: Public Domain

DUFFY, Senior Circuit Judge
(concurring) .
I concur in Judge Kiley’s opinion. I, personally, am of the view that the union fines of $500 each, levied on women workers who were working or helping to support their families, were excessive and unreasonable. The Trial Examiner was, apparently, of the same view.
However, in N.L.R.B. v. Allis Chal-mers Manufacturing Company, 388 U.S. 175, 87 S.Ct. 2001, 18 L.Ed.2d 1123 (1967), the Court held that Section 8(b) (1) (A) of the Act was not intended to interfere with the internal affairs of a union. The Court also held that the imposition of fines on members who crossed picket lines and returned to work was a matter of “internal union discipline.”
In view of the decision in Allis-Chal-mers Manufacturing Company, supra, it seems clear to me that we must reach the conclusion set forth by Judge Kiley.