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with union representatives, 28 or made its refusal manifest by such
unectuivocal conduct as failing to feply to letters requesting a bargaining
conferenee,28 refusing to accept a registered letter containing
a proposed agreement, 3° returning the letter which requests a conference,"
returning a proposed agreement, 32 failing to attend meetings
which had been arranged, 33 and refusing to discuss terms' and conditions
of employment at meetings with union representatives."
In Matter of Kueltne Manufacturing Company 35 the president of
the union local, by letter, requested the employer to recognize the
union and to set a date for a conference. The employer replied by
a letter dated Saturday, April 3, which stated that its president
would meet with the president of the union local on Monday, April
5, at 2 p. m. The employer's president then refused the union's
request, made by telephone, to postpone the meeting to a later hour
so as to enable the American Federation of Labor official who was
25 Matter of Suburban Lumber Company and International Brotherhood of Teamsters,
Chauffeurs, Stablemen, and Helpers of America, Local Union No. 676, 3 N. L. R. B. 194;
Matter of Bradford Dyeing Association (U. S. A.) (a Corporation) and Textile Workers'
Organizing Committee of the C. I. 0.. 4 N. L. R. B. 604 (the employer informed the Steel
Workers Organizing Committee that it would not recognize or deal with the Steel
Workers Organizing Committee) ; Matter of Omaha Hat Corporation and United Hatters,
Cap and Millinery Workers International Union, Local Nos. 7 and 8. 4 N. L. R. B. 878 (the
president of the employer company stated that he could not see his way clear "to having
the union in his shop in any way, manner, shape or form") ; Matter of Cating Rope Works,
Inc., and Textile Workers' Organizing Committee, C. I. 0., 4 N. L. R. B. 1100; Matter of
The Jacobs Bros. Co.. Inc.. and United Electrical and Radio Workers of America, Local No.
1226. 5 N. L. R. B. 620; Matter of The Warfleld Company, a Corporation Formerly Known
as the Thomson & Taylor Company and International Union of Operating Engineers, Local
No. 399, and International Brotherhood of Firemen and Oilers, Local No. .7, 6 N. L. IL B.
58; Matter of C. A. Lund Company and Novelty Workers Union, Local 1866 (A. F. of L.),
successor, 6 N. L. R. B. 423; Matter of Missouri-Arkansas Coach Lines, Inc., and The
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen, 7 N. L. R. B. 186.
2° Matter of C. A.. Lund Company, supra ; Matter of The Triplett Electrical Instrument
Company. The Diller Manufacturing Company. Doing Business Under the Firm Name and
Style of Readrite Meter Works, and United Electrical and Radio Workers of America. Local
No. 714, 5 N. L. R. B. 835; Matter of Somerset Shoe Company and United Shoe Workers of
America, 5 N. L. R. B. 486 ("the respondent's failure to answer the United's request for a
bargaining conference constituted a refusal to bargain with the exclusive representatives of
its employees") Matter of Sheba Ann Frocks. Inc.. and International Ladies' Garment
Workers' Union of America, Locals 121 and 204, 5' N. L. R. B. 12.
In some cases, where a refusal to bargain collectively has been found. the Board, in
analyzing the employer's conduct, has taken note of the fact that after a union representative
called personally, but was unable to reach any responsible official of the employer, the
employer, though aware of such call, failed to make any effort to communicate with the
representative who had called. Matter of Suburban Lumber Company, supra ; Matter of
National Motor Bearing Company and International Union, United Automobile Workers of
America, Local No. 76. 5 N. L. R. B. 409.
a) Matter of The Warfield Company, a Corporation Formerly Known as the Thomson &
Taylor Company, and International Union of Operating Engineers, Local No. 399, and International
Brotherhood of Firemen and Oilers, Local No. 7, 6 N. L. R. B. 58.
"Matter of Jacob Cohen, Lee M. Cohen, Lawrence L. Cohen, Milton Cohen, Morton Cohen
and Hyman Cohen, Trading as S. Cohen & Sons, and Local No. err, International Ladies'
Garment Workers' Union, 4 N. L. R. B. 720; Matter of The Warfield Company, a Corporation
Formerly Known as The Thomson & Taylor Company, and International Union of Operating
Engineers, Local No. 399, and International Brotherhood of Firemen and Oilers, Local No. 7,
6 N. L. R. B. 58.
22 Matter of The Wari/e/d Company, supra.
"Matter of Tay/or Trunk Company and Luggage Workers Union, Local No. 50, of the
International Ladies' Hand Bag, Pocketbook and Novelty Workers Unkn, 6 N. L. R. B. 32;
Matter of N. Mamie and International Fur Workers Union of the United States and Canada,
4 N. L. R. B. 808.
"Matter of N. %Jamie and International Fur Workers Union of the United States and
Canada, 4 N. L. R. B. 808; Matter of J. W. Beasley, Individually and Trading as Standard
Memorial Works and Granite Cutters' International Association of America, Charlotte
Branch, 7 N. L. R. B. 123. In the latter case the Board based a finding that the employer
had been guilty of an unfair labor practice in refusing to bargain collectively on substantially
the following facts:
"4, • • although the respondent stated on several occasions his willingness to bargain
collectively with the Union, at each conference with representatives of the union Beasley
[the respondent] refused to recognize the Union or to bargain with it Beasley at first
refused to discuss matters with the committee. Then he took a copy of a proposed contract
for inspection and study but put it in his pocket at that time. A further meeting took
place on November 12 when Beasley told the committee that be had read the agreement,
that he had no counter proposals to make, and that he still refused to discuss its terms or to
sign it."
85 Matter of Kuehn° Manufacturing Company and Local No. 1791, United Brotherhood of
Carpenters and Joiners of America, 7 N. L. R. B. 304.
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