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Labor Law - Lmra - "Hot Cargo" Clause As A Defense To Secondary Boycott, Jack G. Armstrong S.Ed.

Michigan Law Review

In McAllister Transfer, Inc. the National Labor Relations Board decided to reconsider the question of "hot cargo" clauses. In this case, the Teamsters' union requested McAllister, a non-union cartage company, to recognize it as the bargaining representative of McAllister's employees, and submitted a proposed contract to the employer. When McAllister refused to recognize the Teamsters, the union announced that the company would be "shut off" from interlining freight. Accordingly, the Teamsters induced those of their members who were working for three other carriers not to handle McAllister freight. Each of these other carriers was a party to a cartage agreement …