October to December, 1962, 1962

The papers include the key legal documents in five cases placed before the NLRB by Local 300. In the Borden Co. case, see the Complaint on the Conduct of An Election filed by the union (Oct. 1), the Brief of the NLRB General Counsel on the union's charge of unfair labor practices against the company (Nov 23), and the NLRB Intermediate Report on the case (Dec 6). There is a copy of the NLRB decision to hold an election in the Louisiana Rice Growers, Inc. case (Oct 5), as well as the union's challenge of the election (Oct 26). In the Sweetlake Land and Oil Co. case, see the complaints of unfair labor practices filed by the union (Nov 1, 26; Dec 18). Local 300 attempted to organize a Lake Charles plant of the Stedman Co., a wholesale fruit and vegetable firm; the papers include the briefs filed by both union and company (Oct 26, 30) and the NLRB Decision and Direction of Election in the case (Nov 19). Perhaps most interesting of all was Mitchell's effort to obtain NLRB action against the New Orleans law firm of Kullman and Lang, which had represented the Borden Co. in its fight with Local 300. See the Motion to Disqualify Attorney for the Employer which Mitchell filed against Kullman and Lang in the Stedman Co. case (Oct 27), as well as his formal charge in an unfair labor practice against the law firm in the Borden case, enclosing a seven-page affidavit on Kullman and Lang's participation in the dispute (Nov 13)