PHOENIX MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE CO.

v.

NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD

Citator

Cited By (31 total)

• Wardle v. Central States, 627 F.2d 820 (7th Cir. 1980)
  …the relationship is of a permanent character, the skill required in the particular occupation, and who designates the place where the work is to be performed. [*825] NLRB v. Phoenix Mutual Life Ins. Co., 167 F. 2d 983, 986 (7th Cir.), cert. denied, 335 U.S. 845, 69 S.Ct. 68, 93 L.Ed. 395 (1948). See also Restatement (Second) of Agency § 220 (1958). The belief of the parties has also been thought relevant, although in most cases not determinative. See id. § 220(2)(i) & Comment m. Courts have also allowed co…
• Local 926, Int'l Union OF Operating Eng'rs, AFL-CIO v. Jones, 460 U.S. 669 (U.S. 1983)
  …7 1964)]; Dobbs Houses, Inc. v. NLRB, [325 F. 2d 531, 538-539 (CA5 1963)]. On the other hand, courts have found protected the writing of letters expressing opposition, NLRB v. Phoenix Mutual Life Insurance Co., 167 F. 2d 983 (7th Cir.) cert. denied, 335 U. S. 845 . . . (1948), or the simple voicing of complaints, NLRB v. Guernsey-Muskingum Elec. Coop., Inc., 285 F. 2d 8 (6th Cir. 1960). By thus examining both the substantive interest and the means of advancing it, courts have balanced more finely the compe…
• Nat'l Labor Relations Bd. v. Guernsey-Muskingum Elec. Co-Operative, Inc., 285 F.2d 8 (6th Cir. 1960)
  …Section 160(e) Title 29 U.S.C.A. We think too that the grievance of which the men complained was a proper subject for “concerted action” with management. In N. L. R. B. v. Phoenix Mut. Life Ins. Co., 167 F. 2d 983, 6 A.L.R.2d 408, certiorari denied 335 U.S. 845, 69 S.Ct. 68, 93 L.Ed. 395, it was held to be a proper subject for concert of action where insurance salesmen protested the employment of an office cashier. The court said, 167 F. 2d at page 988: “A proper construction is that the employees shall ha…