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Metropolitan Edison Co. v. NLRB

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Metropolitan Edison Co. v. NLRB
Decided April 4, 1983
Full case nameMetropolitan Edison Co. v. NLRB
Citations460 U.S. 693 (more)
Holding
When punishing an employee for engaging in an unprotected strike, an employer may not consider their status as a union official when deciding the degree of discipline to inflict but may consider their role in the actual strike.
Court membership
Chief Justice
Warren E. Burger
Associate Justices
William J. Brennan Jr. · Byron White
Thurgood Marshall · Harry Blackmun
Lewis F. Powell Jr. · William Rehnquist
John P. Stevens · Sandra Day O'Connor
Case opinion
MajorityPowell, joined by unanimous
Laws applied
National Labor Relations Act

Metropolitan Edison Co. v. NLRB, 460 U.S. 693 (1983), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the court held that, when punishing an employee for engaging in an unprotected strike, an employer may not consider their status as a union official when deciding the degree of discipline to inflict but may consider their role in the actual strike.[1][2][3]

References

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  1. ^ Metropolitan Edison Co. v. NLRB, 460 U.S. 693 (1983).
  2. ^ Lareau, N. Peter (May 2014) [2003]. Labor and Employment Law. pp. 19–48, 49.
  3. ^ Scully, Patrick R.; Weinstock, Ira (2012). "The Primary Strike". In Higgins, John E. (ed.). The Developing Labor Law (6th ed.). p. 1718-19.
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