Pearl Bookbinding Co., Inc.

National Labor Relations Board - Board Decisions

Dec 30, 1949

87 N.L.R.B. 1554 (N.L.R.B. 1949)

In the Matter of PEARL BOOKBINDING CO., INC.,' EMPLOYER and INTER-
NATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF BOOKBINDERS , AFL, PETITIONER
Case No. 1-RC-1X17.Decided December 30, 1949
DECISION
AND
ORDER
Upon a 'petition duly filed, a hearing was held before Torbert H.
MacDonald, hearing officer. The hearing officer's rulings made at
the hearing are'free from prejudicial error and are hereby affirmed.
Pursuant to the provisions of Section 3 (b) of the National Labor
Relations Act, the Board has delegated its powers in connection with
this case to a three-member panel [Chairman Herzog and Members
Houston and Reynolds].
Upon the entire record in this case, the Board finds :
THE BUSINESS OF THE EMPLOYER
The Employer operates a small bindery within the Commonwealth
of Massachusetts, binding pamphlets, catalogues, magazines, adver
tising brochures and folders. During the past year, its purchases
were valued at approximately $3,000, and its sales at between $47,000
and $50,000. All sales were made to customers located within the
Commonwealth, although the principal customers are themselves
engaged in interstate commerce.
In view of the slight and remote impact the Employer's operations
have upon the interstate commerce, we find that it will not effectuate
the policies of the Act to assert jurisdiction over the Employer. Ac-
cordingly, we shall dismiss the petition 2
ORDER
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the petition filed herein be, and it hereby
is, dismissed.
I The name of the Employer appears as amended at the hearing.
2 Screw Maclaine Products Company, 85 NLRB 129; Tower Tool and Die Company, 85
NLRB 127. Chairman Herzog and Member Reynolds, who dissented in these cases, deem
themselves bound by the decision of a majority of the full Board.
87 NLRB No. 152.
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