May Department Stores Co., Doing Business as Famous-Barr Co. v. National Labor Relations Board

Summary

The Court upheld the Board's determination that two men's busheling rooms formed an appropriate bargaining unit and that the employees' certified representative was properly placed on the ballot. It also held that the employer committed an unfair labor practice by seeking wage-increase approval and publicizing the request without bargaining with the certified representative. The Court nevertheless narrowed the cease-and-desist order because the record did not establish a general opposition to the Act's purposes. Justice Rutledge, concurring in part, would have found only a refusal to bargain and would have eliminated relief based on the alleged interference violation.