April to June, 1962, 1962

Local 300 had three different cases before the NLRB during the Spring of this year. The first case involved a Borden Co. dairy plant in Lake Charles, Louisiana, where the local management began a strong counterattack against the union with the aid of the New Orleans law firm of Kullman and Lang; the papers include the transcript of the NLRB representation hearing (April 11), the brief filed by the Borden Co. with the NLRB (April 25), and a set of unfair labor practice charges filed by the union against the company (April 26 to May 3). the second case involved the union's dispute with the Sweetlake Land and Oil Co.; see the additional briefs filed by both the company and the union (April 19, 23). The third dispute was with the Louisiana Rice Growers, Inc., at Crowley; see the union's Motion to Close Record (May 2), the company's reply (May 11), and the briefs filed by both sides with the NLRB (June 15, 16). Mitchell's weekly reports to Patrick Gorman again provide a running account of the activities of Local 300