TWENTY-SIXTH ANNUAL REPORT - National Labor Relations Board

Operations in Fiscal Year 1961 19
c. Types of Unfair Labor Practices Charged
The most common chaige against employe] s continued to be that
of illegally disci immating against employees because of then union
activities or because of their lack of union membership Employers
were charged with having engaged in such discrimination in 6,240
cases filed during the 1961 fiscal yea' This was 77 percent of the
8,136 cases filed against employe---
The second most common chtirge against employers as refusal to
bargain in good faith with representatives of then employees This
was alleged in 1,676 cases, or 21 percent of the cases filed against
employers
A major charge against unions was illegal restraint or coercion of
employees in the exercise of their rights to engage in union activity oi
to iefraan from it This was alleged in 2,181 cases, or 55 percent of
the 3,939 cases filed against unions
13iscrimmation agaanst employees because of their lack of union
membership was also alleged in 1,958 cases against ittions, or 50 percent
Other major charges against unions alleged secondary boycott
violation in 815 cases, or 21 percent, and refusal to bargain in good
faith in 217 cases, oi 6 percent
d Division of Litigation
The Division of Litigation, which is located in the Washington
Office of the Genei al Counsel, is responsible for the handling of all
court litigation involving the agency—in the Supreme Court, in the
courts of appeals, and in the district courts
During fiscal 1961, the Supreme Court handed down decisions in
10 cases involving Board orders Two Boat d ordeis weie enforced
in full, one enfoiced with modification, four were set aside, one lemanded
to the Board, and two were remanded to the court of appeals
The courts of appeals reviewed 148 Board orders during fiscal 1961
Of these 148 orders, 65 were enforced in full and 35 with modification,
4 were partially enforced and partially remanded to the Board, 13
weie remanded to the Board, 31 orders were set aside
Petitions for injunction in the district court reached an alltime
high for the fourth consecutive yea' Of the 256 petitions filed
during the year, 255 were filed under the mandatory provision, section
10(1), of the act One petition was filed under the discretional),
provision, section 10(j)
During the year, 71 petitions for injunctions were granted, 13 petitions
were denied, 167 petitions were settled oi placed on the courts'
inactive docket, and 14 petitions were awaiting action at the end of
the fiscal year
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