United States Fourth Circuit

Defendants' uniform logo policy, requiring employees to wear a company and union logo, violates section 7 of the National Labor Relations Act, 29 U.S.C. section 157, in that it interferes with an employee's right to refrain from concerted union activity.

Appellate Information

• Decided 01/04/2005
• Published 01/04/2005

Judges

• Before WIDENER and LUTTIG, Circuit Judges, and HERLONG, Jr., United States District Judge for the District of South Carolina, sitting by designation.

Court

• United States Fourth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• ARGUED:John Connor Scully, Jr., National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation, Springfield, Virginia, for Petitioners.  Richard A. Cohen, Senior Attorney, National Labor Relations Board, Washington, D.C., for Respondent.  Steven T. Breaux, BellSouth Corporation, Atlanta, Georgia, for Intervenor BellSouth.  James Bryan Coppess, Washington, D.C., for Intervenor CWA. ON BRIEF:Arthur F. Rosenfeld, General, John E. Higgins, Jr., Deputy General, John H. Ferguson, Associate General, Aileen A. Armstrong, Deputy Associate General, National Labor Relations Board, Washington, D.C., for Respondent.  Michael Carlin, Washington, D.C.;  John L. Quinn, Decatur, Georgia;  Laurence Gold, Washington, D.C., for Intervenor CWA.