Endicott Johnson Corp.

In the Matter of ENDICOTT JOHNSON CORPORATION, TRIPLE CITIES CIVIC AND ' WORKERS COMMITTEE , GEORGE B. ROBERTS , CHARLES F. MURPHY and BOOT & SHOE WORKERS UNION LOCAL 42 Case No. C-1341.-Decided September 2, 1939 Shoe Ma iufactiiring ImLustry-Settlement : stipulation providing for compli- ance with the Act-Order: entered on stipulation. Mr. Edward D. Flaherty, for the Board. Mr. Howard A. Swartwood, of Endicott, N. Y., for Respondent Corporation. Mr. Charles F. Murphy, of Johnson City, N. Y., for Respondent Committee. Mr. Ben Berk, of Binghamton, N. Y., for the Union. Mr. F. Hamilton Seeley, of counsel to the Board. DECISION AND ORDER STATEMENT OF THE CASE Upon charges and amended charges duly filed by Boot & Shoe Workers Union Local 42, affiliated with American Federation of Labor, herein called the Union, the National Labor Relations Board, herein called the Board, by the Regional Director for the Third Region (Buffalo, New York), issued its complaint, dated June 9, 1939, against Endicott Johnson Corporation, Triple Cities Civic and Workers Committee, George B. Roberts, and Charles F. Murphy, herein respectively called the Respondent Corporation, Respondent Committee, and respondent individuals, and herein collectively called the Respondents, alleging that the Respondents had engaged in and were engaging in unfair labor practices affecting commerce within the meaning of Section 8 (1) and Section 2 (6) and (7) of the National Labor Relations Act, 49 Stat. 449, herein called the Act. Concerning the unfair labor practices, the complaint alleged, in substance, that the Respondent Corporation discouraged concerted activities of its employees for the purposes of collective bargaining and other mutual aid and protection, and the membership of its 15 N. L. R. B., No. 14. 77 78 DECISIONS OF NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD employees in and their affiliation with the Union by: (1) causing antagonistic and derogatory notices, editorials and paid advertise- ments, referring to labor organizations and agents of labor organiza- tions, to be published in various newspapers having wide circulation in and about the city of Binghamton and Villages of Johnson City, Endicott, and Owego, New York, and by distributing and/or causing to be distributed to its employees, copies of the said papers; (2) caus- ing and/or permitting the circulation in and about its plants, on com- pany time and property, of petitions pledging to the company the loyalty of its employees and their desire not to belong to an outside organization; (3) causing and/or permitting anti-union speeches to be made on company time and property; (4) causing and/or per- mitting the circulation and signing of a so-called "Thanksgiving Greeting to George F. Johnson," by the signing of which, employees became members of the Respondent Committee; (5) causing and/or permitting its employees to act in behalf of, and conduct business and affairs of the Respondent Committee and paying the said employees while so acting; (6) supplying stationery and stenographic services to officers and members of various committees of Respondent Com- mittee; and (7) interfering with and preventing the circulation of literature and circulars of the Union in the vicinity of its plants; (8) causing and/or permitting speeches derogatory and antagonistic to labor organizations and agents of labor organizations to be delivered by its officers and agents, on company time and property, and in and about the City and Villages hereinbefore referred to; (9) causing and/or permitting members of the Respondent Committee to conduct meetings on company time and property ; (10) causing and/or per- mitting the circulation of anti-union literature on company time and property; (11) encouraging the anti-union campaign carried on by Respondent Committee and Respondents Murphy and Roberts; and that all the Respondents (1) caused and/or assisted in the formation and administration of an anti-union organization among the employees of Respondent Corporation known as the Triple Cities Civic and Workers Committee; (2) caused and/or encouraged the printing and circulation of anti-union circulars, literature and post- ers; and (3) caused and/or encouraged civic, business, and fraternal organizations, and other groups to conduct anti-union meetings, and caused and/or encouraged such organizations to release to newspapers having a wide circulation anti-union propaganda, and to insert paid anti-union advertisements in said newspapers; and that the Respond- ents, by the above-mentioned activities, and by causing and/or encouraging threats to be made that the Respondent Corporation would withdraw from its employees certain medical, dental, and hos- pital benefits which had theretofore been extended to its employees, ENDICOTT JOHNSON CORPORATION 79 if the employees joined a labor organization, and by other acts, inter- fered with, restrained, and coerced its employees in the exercise of the rights guaranteed in Section 7 of the Act. On November 7 and 14, 1938, the Union and the International Association of Machinists, respectively, filed petitions with the Regional Director for an investigation and certification of repre- sentatives of the employees of the Respondent Corporation, pur- suant to Section 9 (c)_ of the Act. On April 26, 1939, the Board, acting pursuant to Section 9 (c) of the Act and Article III, Section 3, of National Labor Relations Board Rules and Regulations-Series 1, as amended, ordered an investigation and authorized the Regional Director to conduct it and to provide for an appropriate hearing upon due notice. The Board further ordered, pursuant to Article III, Section 10 (c) (2), and Article II, Section 37 (b), of the Rules and Regulations, that the two representation cases and the complaint case be consolidated for the purpose of hearing and for all other purposes. On March 8 and April 7, 1939, the Union filed with the Regional Director four additional petitions for an investigation and certification of representatives of employees of the Respondent Cor- poration pursuant to Section 9 (c) of the Act. On June 1, 1939, the Board ordered these additional representation cases consolidated with the cases previously consolidated in this proceeding. Copies of the notice of consolidated investigation and hearing, complaint, the Board's orders of consolidation and directing investigation and hearing, second amended charge, and the petitions were duly served upon the respondents, the Union, and the International Association of Machinists. On August 18, 1939, the Respondents, the Union, and counsel for the Board entered into a stipulation in settlement of the complaint case.. The stipulation provides as follows : STIPULATION It is hereby stipulated and agreed by Endicott Johnson Corporation (hereinafter called the Respondent Corporation), Triple Cities Civic and Workers Committee (hereinafter called the Respondent Committee), George B. Roberts (hereinafter called Respondent Roberts), Charles F. Murphy, (hereinafter called Respondent Murphy), and Boot & Shoe Workers Union Local 42, Affiliated with the American Federation of Labor (hereinafter called the Union), and Edward D. Flaherty, at- torney, National Labor Relations Board, as follows : I. Upon charges duly filed by the Union, the National Labor Relations Board by its Regional Director for the Third Region, acting pursuant to authority granted in Section 10 (b) of the 80 DECISIONS OF NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD National Labor Relations Act (49 'Stat. 449), and its Rules and Regulations, Series 1, as amended, Article IV, Section 1,. issued its Complaint on the 9th day of June, 1939, against the Respondent Corporation, the Respondent Committee, Respond- ent Roberts, and Respondent Murphy. II. The Respondent Corporation is and has been since ,the 1st day of April, 1919, a corporation duly organized and exist- ing under and by virtue of the Laws of the State of New York,. having its principal office and place of business in the Village of Endicott, County of Broome, State of New York, and is now and has continuously for a long period of time, been engaged in the production and manufacture of: leather, canvas and rubber shoes and other types of footwear in factories and tanneries located in the City of Binghamton and the Villages of Johnson City, Endicott, and Owego, New York, (Hereinafter referred to as the Respondent Corporation's Plants), and is now and has continuously for a long period of time been engaged in the sale and distribution of such footwear through sales branches located in the principal cities of the United States. III. The Respondent Corporation sold goods to the value of approximately $52,000,000 during its fiscal year ending Novem- ber 30, 1938. Approximately 86%) of the finished products sold by Respondent Corporation were shipped and delivered outside .of New York State. IV. Raw materials valued at approximately $21,500,000 were used in the manufacturing processes carried on at the Respondent Corporation's Plants during its fiscal year ending November 30, 1938. Approximately 60% of such raw materials originated in States other than the State of New York, and in foreign countries. V. The Respondent Corporation employs approximately 18,000 persons at its various plants. VI. The Respondent Corporation is engaged in interstate commerce within the meaning of the National Labor Relations Act (hereinafter referred to as the Act), and the Decisions of the United States Supreme Court thereunder. VII. The Respondent Committee is an unincorporated organ- ization located in the County of Broome, New York, and admits to membership employees of the Respondent Corporation, busi- ness men of the City of Binghamton, and Villages of Johnson City, Endicott and Owego, New York, and other persons. VIII. Respondent Roberts is a resident of the Village of Johnson City, New York, and is a member of the Respondent Committee. ENDICOTT JOHNSON CORPORATION 81 IX. Respondent Murphy is a resident of the Village.of John- son City, New York, and an employee of the Respondent Cor- poration, and is the Chairman of the. Executive Committee of the Respondent Committee. X. The Respondent Committee, Respondent Roberts and Re- spondent Murphy were at all times mentioned in the complaint herein, employers within the meaning of Section 2 (2) of the Act. XI. The Union is a labor organization as defined in Section 2 (5) of the Act. XII. This stipulation together with the complaint, second amended charge, and Rules and Regulations of the National Labor Relations Board may be filed with the Chief Trial Ex- aminer at Washington, D. C. XIII. The taking of testimony or evidence before the Exam- iner in this matter, and the making of findings of facts and conclusions by the Board pursuant to the provisions of the National Labor Relations Act, are hereby expressly waived by the Respondent Corporation, the Respondent "Committee, Re- spondent Roberts, Respondent Murphy, and the Union. XIV. The Respondent Endicott Johnson Corporation in entering into this stipulation does not admit that it has com- mitted any of the acts charged in the complaint herein, but in order to avoid the necessity of protracted hearings, expense and loss of time and effort of all parties concerned, consents that upon this stipulation if approved by the National Labor Rela- tions Board, an Order may forthwith be entered against it by said Board and by the appropriate United States Circuit Court of Appeals without further notice of the application for entry thereof, providing as follows : ORDER 1. The - Respondent Corporation and its. officers shall refrain from, cease and desist from : (a) Causing notices, editorials and paid advertisements either in favor of or derogatory or antagonistic to labor organizations and agents of labor organizations, to be inserted in newspapers published in and about the City of Binghamton, and Villages of Johnson City, Endicott, and Owego, New York, and distribut- ing and/or causing to be distributed to its employees, copies of the said papers; provided however that nothing contained in this paragraph shall prevent the publishing and/or distributing of notices, editorials, advertisements or other literature denying statements, charges, or insinuations which are scurrilous, libelous 82 DECISIONS OF NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD or slanderous, concerning the Respondent Corporation, its busi- ness and officers, and the publishing and/or distributing of notices, editorials, advertisements or other literature stating the true facts in relation thereto. (b) Causing and/or permitting the circulation in and about the plants of the said Respondent Corporation on company time and property, of petitions pledging to the company the loyalty of its employees and their desire with respect to any labor organization. (c) Causing and/or permitting the circulation on company time and property of membership cards of the Respondent Com- mittee or any other organization, the purpose of which is designed to promote anti-union or pro-union activities. (d) Causing and/or permitting anti-union or pro-union speeches to be made on company time and property. (e) Causing and/or permitting speeches either in favor of or derogatory or antagonistic to labor organizations and agents of labor organizations to be delivered by its officers on company time and property, and causing and/or encouraging such speeches in and about the City and Villages hereinbefore referred to. (f) Causing and/or permitting members of the Respondent Committee or any other organization to conduct anti-union or pro-union meetings on company time and' property. (g) Supplying stationery and stenographic services to officers and members of various committees of the Respondent Com- mittee. (h) Paying employees of the Respondent Corporation to act in behalf of and conduct business and affairs of the Respondent Committee. (i) Causing and/or permitting the circulation of anti-union or pro-union literature and circulars on company time and property. (j) Interfering with and/or preventing the circulation of literature and circulars of the Union in the vicinity of the plants of the Respondent Corporation, if such circulation does not occur on company property. (k) Encouraging any anti-union or pro-union campaign to be carried on by the Respondent Committee, Respondent Roberts and Respondent Murphy, or any other organization through the attendance of its officers at any anti-union or pro-union meetings. (1) In any other way interfering with, restraining or coerc- ing its employees in the lawful exercise of their rights to self organization, to form, join, or assist the Boot & Shoe Workers Union, A. F. of L., or any other labor organizations, and to bar- gain collectively through representatives of their own. choosing. ENDICOTT JOHNSON CORPORATION 83. 2. The Respondent Corporation shall take the following af- firmative action which the Board finds will effectuate the policies of the Act : Immediately after receipt of a copy of the Order to be entered against it by the National Labor Relations Board, post and keep visible for a period of 60 days in a prominent place in each department of the Respondent Corporation's Plants, a Notice containing a copy of the Order provided for in this para- graph, and stating : (a) That Respondent Corporation's officers will instruct its superintendents, foremen and supervisory employees, that they shall not in any way interfere with or advise upon the member- ship or activity of any employee in connection with any labor organization, and that they are not to permit any of the activi- ties referred to in Paragraph XIV-1 of this Stipulation. (b) That every employee is free to join any labor organization he or she may choose; and is also free to refrain from joining or to refuse to join any labor organization, and that Respondent Corporation will not in any way, in violation of the Act, dis- criminate against any employee for so doing. (c) That every eligible employee is and shall be free to vote in any way he desires in any election that may be held for the designation by its employees of their representative for collective bargaining. XV. The Respondents Triple Cities Civic and Workers Com- mittee, George B. Roberts, and Charles F. Murphy, in entering into this stipulation, do not admit that they have committed any of the acts charged in the complaint herein, but in order to avoid the necessity of protracted hearings, expense and loss.of time and effort of all parties concerned, consent that upon such stipulation if approved by the National Labor Relations Board,, a separate Order may forthwith be entered against them by such Board and by the appropriate United States Circuit Court of Appeals without further notice of the application for entry thereof, providing as follows : ORDER 1. The Respondent Committee and Respondents Roberts and Murphy, individually and as officers, agents and members of the Respondent Committee shall refrain from, cease and, desist from : (a) Causing and/or assisting in the formation and admin- istration of an anti-union organization among the employees of the Respondent Corporation , known as the Triple Cities Civic and Workers Committee. 84 DECISIONS OF NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD (b) In any other way interfering with, restraining, or coercing employees of the Respondent Corporation in the exer- cise of their rights to self-organization, to form, join, or assist labor organizations, and to bargain collectively through repre- sentatives of their own choosing. 2. The Respondent Committee and Respondents Roberts and Murphy, as officers, agents and members of the Respondent Committee, shall refrain from, cease and desist from : (a) Causing and/or encouraging the holding of meetings in and about the City of Binghamton, and the Villages of Johnson City, Endicott, and Owego, at which anti-union speeches are delivered. (b) Causing and/or encouraging the printing and circulation of anti-union circulars, literature and posters, in and about the City and Villages hereinbefore referred to. (c) Causing and/or encouraging civic, business and fraternal organizations and other groups, to conduct anti-union meetings in and about the City and Villages hereinbefore referred to, and causing and/or encouraging said organizations to release to newspapers having circulation in and about the City and Vil- lages hereinbefore referred to, anti-union propaganda, and in- serting paid anti-union advertisements in said newspapers. (d) Causing and/or encouraging threats to be made that the Respondent Corporation would withdraw from its employees certain medical, dental, and hospital benefits which had there- tofore been extended to the said employees by the said Re- spondent Corporation, if the employees joined a labor organization. 3. The Respondent Committee, its officers and members and its various committees, Respondent Roberts and Respondent Murphy, shall take the following affirmative action which the Board finds will effectuate the policies of the Act : Immediately after receipt of a copy of the Order to be entered against them by the National Labor Relations Board (as pro- vided by this paragraph), Respondents Roberts and Murphy shall call a meeting of the members of the executive committee of the Respondent Committee. At said meeting Respondent Roberts or Respondent Murphy shall explain to the committee that charges have been filed that the Committee has violated the National Labor Relations Act. Despite the Committee's be- lief that it has not violated the National Labor Relations Act and has been entirely independent of the Respondent Corpora- tion; because of the charges made to the Board and in order to eliminate any such suspicions, it has been thought best to dis- ENDICOTT JOHNSON CORPORATION 85 band the Committee. Accordingly the Committee will be dis- banded and agrees not to form any association assisted or sponsored by the Respondent Corporation or having for its pur- pose any of the acts or practices forbidden by the National Labor Relations Act, including among others interference with rights of the employees to organize. Respondents Roberts and Murphy shall resign as officers of the Committee, and the Committee shall thereupon be disbanded. XVI. It is further stipulated and agreed that notice of any other or further proceedings after the entry of the Orders by the appropriate United States Circuit Court of Appeals as provided herein, shall be given to all parties who might be affected by such further proceedings. XVII. ' It is further stipulated and agreed that the entire agreement between the parties is contained within the terms of this stipulation, and there is no verbal agreement of any kind which varies, alters, or adds to said stipulation in any respect. On August 23, 1939, the Board issued its order approving the above stipulation, making it part of the record, and pursuant to Article II, Section '36, of National Labor Relations Board Rules and Regulations-Series 2, transferring the proceeding to the Board for the purpose of entry of a decision and orders pursuant to the pro- visions of the stipulation. The Board further ordered pursuant to Article II, Section 36 (d) and Article III, Section 10 (c) (4), of National Labor Relations Board Rules and Regulations-Series 2, that the complaint case be severed from the representation cases and that it be continued as a separate proceeding. Upon the basis of the above stipulation, and the entire record in the case, the Board makes the following : FINDINGS OF FACT 1. THE RESPONDENTS Endicott Johnson Corporation, a New York corporation having its principal office and place of business in the Village of Endicott, New York, is engaged in the production and manufacture of leather, canvas, and rubber shoes and other types of footwear in factories and tanneries located in the City of Binghamton and the Villages of Johnson City, Endicott, and Owego, New York, and is engaged in the sale and distribution of such footwear through sales branches located in the principal cities of the United States. Raw materials valued at approximately $21,500,000 were used in the manufacturing processes carried on at the Respondent, Corporation's plants during l 9 9 5 4 9 -- 3 9-yo 1. 15--7 86 DECISIONS OF NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD' its fiscal year ending November 30, 1938. Approximately 60 per cent of such raw materials originated in States other than the State of New York, and in foreign countries. The Respondent Corpora- tion sold goods of the value of approximately $52,000,000 during its fiscal year ending November 30, 1938. Approximately 86 per cent of the finished products sold by Respondent Corporation were shipped and delivered outside the State of New York. The Re- spondent Corporation employs approximately 18,000 persons at its various plants. The Respondent Corporation admits that it is en- gaged in commerce within the meaning of Section 2 (6) of the Act. The Respondent Committee, Respondent Roberts and Respondent Murphy stipulated, and we find, that they are employers within the meaning of Section 2 (2) of the Act. We find that the above-described operations constitute a con- tinuous flow of trade, traffic, and commerce among the several States. ORDER Upon the basis of the above findings of fact, stipulation, and the entire record in the case, and pursuant to Section 10 (c) of the Na- tional Labor Relations Act, the National Labor Relations Board hereby orders that: 1. The Respondent Corporation, Endicott Johnson- Corporation, and its officers shall refrain from, cease and desist from : (a) Causing notices, editorials and paid advertisements either in favor of or derogatory or antagonistic to labor organizations and agents of labor organizations, to be inserted in newspapers published in and about the City of Binghamton, and Villages of Johnson City, Endicott, and Owego, New York, and distributing and/or causing to be distributed to its employees, copies of the said papers; provided, however, that nothing contained in this paragraph shall prevent the publishing and/or distributing of notices, editorials, ad- vertisements or other literature denying statements, charges, or in- sinuations which are scurrilous, libelous or slanderous, concerning the Respondent Corporation, its business and officers, and the pub- lishing and/or distributing of ' notices, editorials, advertisements or other literature stating the true facts in relation thereto; (b) Causing and/or permitting the circulation in and about the plants of the said Respondent Corporation on company time and property,' of petitions pledging to the company the loyalty of its' employees and their desire with respect to any labor organization; (c) Causing and/or permitting the circulation on company time and property of membership cards of the Respondent Committee or any other organization, the purpose of which is designed to promote anti-union or pro-union activities.; ENDICOTT JOHNSON CORPORATION 87. (d) Causing and/or permitting anti-union or pro-union speeches to be made on company time and property; (e) Causing and/or permitting speeches either in favor of or de- rogatory to, labor organizations and agents of labor organizations to be delivered by its officers on company time and property, and. causing and/or encouraging such speeches in and about the City and Villages hereinbefore referred to ; (f) Causing and/or permitting members of the Respondent Com- mittee or any other organization to conduct anti-union or pro-union meetings on company time and property; (g) Supplying stationery and stenographic services to officers and members of various committees of the Respondent Committee; (h) Paying employees of the Respondent Corporation to act in behalf of and conduct business and affairs of the Respondent Committee ; (i) Causing and/or, permitting the circulation of anti-union or pro-union literature and circulars on company time and property ; (j) Interfering with and/or preventing the circulation of litera- ture and circulars of the Union in the vicinity of the plants of Re- spondent Corporation, if such circulation does not occur on company property; (k) Encouraging any anti-union or pro-union campaign to be carried on by the Respondent Committee, Respondent Roberts and Respondent Murphy, or any other organization through the attend- ance of its officers at any anti-union or pro-union meetings ; (1) In any other way interfering with, restraining or coercing its employees in the lawful exercise of their rights to self-organization, to form, join, or assist the Boot & Shoe Workers Union, A. F. of L., or any other labor organizations, and to bargain collectively through representatives of their own choosing. 2. Take the following affirmative action which the Board finds will effectuate the policies of the Act: Immediately after receipt of a copy of this Order, post and keep visible for a period of sixty (60) days in a prominent place in each department of the Respondent Corporation's plants, a notice con- taining a copy of this Order, and stating : (a) That Respondent Corporation's officers will instruct its su- perintendents, foremen and supervisory employees, that they shall not in any way interfere with or advise upon the membership or activity of any employee in connection with any labor organization and that they are not to permit any of the activities referred to in paragraph 1 of this Order; (b) That every employee is free to join any labor organization he or she may choose; and is also free to refrain from joining or to 88 DECISIONS OF NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD refuse to join any labor organization, and the Respondent Corpora- tion will not in any way, in violation of the Act, discriminate against any employee for so doing; (c) That every eligible employee is and shall be free to vote in any way he desires in any election that may be held for the designa- tion by its employees of their representative for collective bargaining. AND IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the Respondent Committee and Respondents Roberts and Murphy, individually and as officers, agents and members of the Respondent Committee shall: 1. Refrain from, cease and desist from : (a) Causing and/or assisting in the formation and administra- tion of an anti-union organization among the employees of the Re- spondent Corporation, known as the Triple Cities Civic and Workers Committee ; (b) In any other way interfering with, restraining, or coercing employees of the Respondent Corporation in. the exercise of their rights to self-organization, to form, join, or assist labor organizations, and to bargain collectively through representatives of their own choosing. 2. The Respondent Committee and Respondents Roberts and Murphy, as. officers, agents and members of the Respondent Com- mittee, shall refrain from, cease and desist from : (a) Causing and/or encouraging the holding of meetings in and about the City of Binghamton, and the Villages of Johnson City, Endicott, and Owego, at which anti-union speeches are delivered; (b) Causing and/or encouraging the printing and circulation of anti-union circulars, literature and posters, in and about the City and Villages hereinbefore referred to; (c) Causing and/or encouraging civic, business and fraternal or- ganizations and other groups, to conduct anti-union meetings in and about the City and Villages hereinbefore referred to, and causing and/or encouraging said organizations to release to newspapers hav- ing circulation in and about the City and Villages hereinbefore re- ferred to, anti-union propaganda, and inserting paid anti-union advertisements in said newspapers; (d) Causing and/or encouraging threats to be made that the Re- spondent Corporation would withdraw from its employees certain medical, dental, and hospital benefits which had theretofore been extended to the said employees by the said Respondent Corporation, if the employees joined a' labor organization. 3. The Respondent Committee, its off'icers' and members and its various committees, Respondent Roberts and Respondent Murphy, shall take'the following affirmative action which the Board finds will effectuate the policies of the Act: ENDICOTT JOHNSON CORPORATION 89 Immediately after receipt of a copy of this Order, Respondents Roberts and Murphy shall call a meeting of the members of the executive committee of the Respondent Committee. At said meeting Respondent Roberts or Respondent Murphy shall explain to the committee that charges have been filed that the Committee has vio- lated the National Labor Relations Act. Despite the Committee's belief that it has not violated the National Labor Relations Act and has been entirely independent of the Respondent Corporation, be- cause of the charges made to the Board and in order to eliminate any such suspicions, it has been thought best to disband the Com- • mittee. Accordingly, the Committee will be disbanded and agrees not to form any association assisted or sponsored by the Respondent Corporation or having for its purpose any of the acts or practices forbidden by the National Labor Relations Act, including among others interference with rights of the employees to organize. Re- spondents Roberts and Murphy shall- resign as officers of the Com- mittee, and the Committee. shall thereupon be disbanded.