Metropolitan Edison Co. v. NLRB

Metropolitan Edison Co. v. NLRB
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided April 4, 1983
Full case name	Metropolitan Edison Co. v. NLRB
Citations	460 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
Majority	Powell, 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

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.). pp. 1718–19.

External links

• Text of Metropolitan Edison Co. v. NLRB, 460 U.S. 693(1983) is available from: Cornell Findlaw Justia