NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD

VII. PRINCIPLES ESTABLISHED
In the First and Second Annual Reports we outlined the important
principles enunciated by the Board in its decisions issued during the
first and second years of its existence. 1 No attempt will be made
in this chapter to repeat that material. While referring on occasion
to decisions discussed in the First and Second Annual Reports, we
shall devote this chapter primarily to the reiteration, extension, or
development of principles already laid down or to the establishment
of new principles as enunciated by the Board in its decisions issued
from July 1, 1937, to June 30, 1938.2
For convenience the chapter has been divided into seven sections:
A. Interference, restraint, and coercion in the exercise of the rights
guaranteed in section 7 of the act. This section deals with cases arising
under section 8 (1) of the act.
B. Encouragement or discouragement of membership in a labor
organization by discrimination : This section deals with cases arising
under section 8, subdivision (3) of the act.
C. Collective bargaining: This section deals with cases arising under
section 8 (5) of the act.
D. Domination and interference with the formation or administration
of a labor organization and contribution of financial or other
support to it : This section deals with cases arising under section 8,
subdivision (2) of the act.
E. Investigation and certification of representatives : This section
deals with proceedings arising under section 9 (c) of the act. Such
proceedings normally include the taking of secret ballots to determine
representatives for the purpose of collective bargaining.
F. Adequate proof of majority representation where no election is
held : This section deals with proof of majority under section 8 (5)
and 9 (c) where no election is held.
G. The unit appropriate for the purposes of collective bargaining :
This section is devoted to a discussion of the principles developed by
the Board pursuant to its power under section 9 (b) of the act. The
question of the appropriate unit is an issue in cases arising both under
section 8 (5) and section 9 (c) of the act.
H. Administrative remedies : This section deals with the remedies
which the Board has applied, pursuant to section 10 (c) of the act,
in cases in which it has found that employers have engaged in unfair
labor practices.
A. INTERFERENCE, RESTRAINT, AND COERCION IN THE EXERCISE
OF THE RIGHTS GUARANTEED IN SECTION 7 OF THE ACT
Section 7 of the act provides that—
Employees shall have the right to self-organization, to form, join, or assist
labor organizations, to bargain collectively through representatives of their
I The First Annual Report deals with all decisions issued up to June 30, 1936, reported
in 1 N. L. R. B.; the Second Annual Report deals with all decisions issued up to June 30,
1937, reported in 1 and 2 N. L. R. B.
2 The decisions issued from July 1, 1937, to June 30, 1938, are reported in 3 to 7
N. L. R. B., inclusive.
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