Opinion
December 21, 1978
Order, Supreme Court, New York County, entered July 12, 1977, which denied the motion of the defendants to dismiss the complaint in this action, unanimously reversed, on the law, to the extent appealed from, without costs and without disbursements, and the motion to dismiss granted. The court at Special Term succinctly and carefully outlined the issues and they need no reiteration. However, we disagree in one area, that is on the question of pre-emption. The action complained of falls within the scope of section 8 (subd [b], par [6]) of the National Labor-Management Relations Act of 1947 (US Code, tit 29, § 158, subd [b], par [6] et seq.) and its exclusive Federal regulatory scheme. It does not fall within the exceptions to the doctrine enunciated by the United States Supreme Court in San Diego Unions v. Garmon ( 359 U.S. 236, 243-244, 247-248). See, also, Garner v. Teamsters Union ( 346 U.S. 485) and the statement of Senator Robert A. Taft in colloquy on the floor of the Senate with respect to the problem in the case at bar (93 Cong Rec 6446), cited in Newspaper Pub. Assn. v. Labor Bd. ( 345 U.S. 100, 110-111). Sears, Roebuck Co. v. Carpenters ( 436 U.S. 180), which allowed both NLRB and State court action, does not, in our opinion, apply to the situation at bar. There the issue was picketing, and here the issue is featherbedding.
Concur — Kupferman, J.P., Birns, Evans and Lane, JJ. [ 91 Misc.2d 226.]