IBEW System Council U-4

National Labor Relations Board - Board DecisionsSep 2, 1971

193 N.L.R.B. 30 (N.L.R.B. 1971)

30 DECISIONS OF NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Sys- tem Council U-4, and the following affiliates thereof : International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local Union No. 641 and International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local Union No. 622 and International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local Union No. 759 and International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local Union No. 820 and International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local Union No. 1263 and Florida Power & Light Company . Cases 12-CB-1 109-2, 12-CB-1116, 12-CB-1117, 12-CB-1118, and 12-CB-1 119 September 2, 1971 DECISION AND ORDER BY MEMBERS FANNING, JENKINS, AND KENNEDY Upon charges duly filed, the General Counsel of the National Labor Relations Board, by the Regional Director for Region 12, issued a consolidated com- plaint and notice of hearing, dated July 24, 1970, against International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers System Council U-4 and certain of its affiliated local unions, to wit: International Brother- hood of Electrical Workers Local Union Nos. 641, 622, 759, 820, and 1263. The complaint alleged that the Respondents had engaged in and were engaging in certain unfair labor practices affecting commerce within the meaning of Section 8(b)(1)(B) and Section 2(6) and (7) of the National Labor Relations Act, as amended. Copies of the charges, order consolidating cases , and complaint and notice of hearing were duly served upon the parties. On August 13, 1970, Respondents filed their answer to the complaint denying commission of unfair labor practices and requesting that the complaint be dismissed. Thereafter, the parties entered into a stipulation of facts and the issue and jointly moved to transfer this proceeding directly to the Board for findings of fact, conclusions of law, and order. The parties stipulated that they waived a hearing before a Trial Examiner, the making of findings of fact and conclusions of law by a Trial Examiner, and the issuance of a Trial Examiner's Decision, and that no oral testimony was necessary or desired by any of the parties. The parties also agreed that the charges, consolidated complaint, amendment to the consolidated complaint, and the stipulation constitute the entire record in this pro- ceeding. On December 3, 1970, the Board issued its order granting motion, approving stipulation, and transfer- ring the proceeding to the Board. Thereafter, the General Counsel, Respondents, and the Charging Party filed briefs in support of their positions. Pursuant to the provisions of Section 3(b) of the National Labor Relations Act, as amended, the National Labor Relations Board has delegated its powers in connection with this proceeding to a three- member panel. The Board has considered the stipulation, including exhibits, the briefs, and the entire record in this proceeding, and hereby makes the following: FINDINGS OF FACT 1. THE BUSINESS OF THE EMPLOYER Florida Power & Light Company is a Florida corporate utility, with offices and facilities located at various places within the State of Florida, where it is engaged in the production and sale of electricity. During the 12 months preceding the complaint, Florida Power & Light Company, in the course and conduct of its operations, received gross revenues in excess of $500,000, and purchased and received goods and materials valued in excess of $50,000 directly from points outside the State of Florida. The parties have stipulated, and we find, that Florida Power & Light Company is, and at all material times has been, an employer engaged in commerce within the meaning of Section 2(6) and (7) of the Act. We find that it will effectuate the purposes of the Act to assert jurisdiction herein. II. THE LABOR ORGANIZATIONS INVOLVED The parties have stipulated, and we find, that Respondents are labor organizations within the meaning of Section 2(5) of the Act. III. THE UNFAIR LABOR PRACTICES Respondent System Council U-4 is an unincorpo- rated association of 11 local unions of the Internation- al Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (including those named as Respondents in this proceeding) whose members work for Florida Power & Light Company, and is an admitted agent of the Respondent Local Unions authorized to deal with Florida Power & Light Company in all matters pertaining to collective bargaining. From October 22, 1969, through Decem- ber 28, 1969, Respondents were engaged in an economic strike against Florida Power & Light Company and Respondent Local Unions maintained picket lines at nearly all the Company's operational facilities. The Company's supervisors routinely crossed the picket line during the course of the strike and performed work, including unit work, for the Company. Following the strike, in January, February, and March 1970, the Respondent Locals, with the 193 NLRB No. 7 IBEW SYSTEM COUNCIL U-4 31 knowledge of System Council U-4, notified the supervisors within their respective jurisdictions that charges had been filed against them for violations of the International constitution and of a Trial Board hearing date. Thereafter, various supervisors were fined in amounts ranging up to $6,000 and/or expelled from the Union and their membership in the IBEW System Council U-4 Death Benefit Fund, Inc., a nonprofit corporation open only to members in good standing of the Respondent Local Unions, was canceled as a result of the actions of the Respondents. As a further result of Respondents' actions the supervisors in question are not eligible, under the terms of the International constitution, to apply for union pension benefits. The parties have stipulated that the supervisors were supervisors within the meaning of Section 2(11) of the Act and that they possessed authority on behalf of Florida Power & Light to adjust grievances and to act as its representa- tives in matters involving collective-bargaining inter- pretations, although three of them supervised and adjusted the grievances of nonbargaining unit em- ployees only. The parties have stipulated that the issue to be decided by the Board is whether or not the Respon- dents' disciplining of certain of the Company's supervisors (see Appendix A) and causing System Council U-4 to terminate their death benefit coverage violated Section 8(b)(1)(B) of the Act.' Respondents assert in their brief that this proceed- ing presents the same issues before the Board in Wisconsin Electric Power Company and Illinois Bell Telephone Company. Those issues have since been decided (192 NLRB Nos. 16 and 17) with a majority of the Board (Member Fanning dissenting) holding that a union violates Section 8(b)(1)(B) of the Act by fining supervisors for performing struck work (i.e., action taken in the employer's interest in the course of their jobs). The Board found that the fines there struck at the loyalty an employer should be able to expect from its representatives for the adjustment of grievances and therefore restrained and coerced employers in their selection of such representatives. We reach the same conclusion here. Nor are we persuaded to a different result by the Respondents' argument based on the parties' stipulation that union membership was voluntary and not influenced by either the Company or the Unions. The Company's acquiescence to retention of union membership by its supervisors and grievance representatives is not evidence that it is not coerced or restrained by union discipline against them for their actions on its behalf, and previously we have found such discipline unlaw- ful even -though union membership was required by the collective-bargaining agreement. E.g., Illinois Bell Telephone Company, supra. We also find no merit in Respondents' contention that no violation may be found as to those supervisors who do not adjust the grievances of, or supervise, bargaining unit employ, ees. The degree of coercion or restraint of an employer is scarcely less because the disciplined union member has no official role to play in the relations between the union and the employer, and we have found violations in the past where there was no bargaining relationship at all between the employer and the respondent union. A. S. Horner, Inc., 177 NLRB No. 76; 176 NLRB No. 105. We find that the Respondent Local Unions several- ly violated Section 8(b)(1)(B) of the Act by trying, fining and/or expelling or suspending from union membership for performing struck work, certain supervisors, as detailed in Appendix A, and by causing System Council U-4 Death Benefit Fund, Inc., to terminate death benefit coverage for certain supervisors who were so disciplined. As to System Council U-4 we shall dismiss the complaint in its entirety. The record demonstrates only that the System Council exists for the purpose of conducting collective-bargaining negotiations with Florida Power & Light on behalf of its member Local Unions and that it is their agent for this purpose. There is no evidence that System Council U-4 participated in, or ratified, the activities of the Local Unions which we have found unlawful, nor that it plays any role in intraunion disciplinary proceedings-only that it had knowledge of the actions of the other Respondents. We are not aware of any rule of law which would render an agent liable for the actions of its principals in such circumstances. IV. THE EFFECT OF THE UNFAIR LABOR PRACTICES UPON COMMERCE The conduct of the Respondents set forth above, occurring in connection with the operations of the Employer as set forth in section i, has a close, intimate, and substantial relation to trade, traffic, and commerce among the several States, and tends to lead to labor disputes burdening and obstructing com- merce and the free flow of commerce. V. THE REMEDY Having found that the Respondent Local Unions have engaged in certain unfair labor practices we shall order that they cease and desist therefrom and take certain affirmative action designed to effectuate the i The Company's request to amend the complaint to allege additional violations of Section 8(b)(1)(B) and violation of Section 8(b)(2) is denied, since the parties have stipulated to the scope of the issue and there can thus be no implication that the Respondents have consented to the trial of other issues 32 DECISIONS OF NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD purposes of the Act, including, as appropriate: (1) rescission of all fines and refund of any money paid to the Union as a result thereof; (2) expunging all record of the proceedings in this matter against the Employ- er's representatives; (3) restoration to membership and all consequent rights of the Employer's represent- atives, whom we have found to have been unlawfully disciplined; (4) notifying the Employer's representa- tives and the applicable benefit plans, including System Council U-4 Death Benefit Fund, Inc., that they are in good standing and are eligible to participate; (5) notifying the Employer's representa- tives that all rights and benefits to which they were entitled before the unlawful action taken against them, including union membership, have been re- stored; (6) posting the notices attached to this Decision as appendixes. CONCLUSIONS OF LAW 1. The Employer is engaged in commerce within the meaning of Section 2(6) and (7) of the Act. 2. The Respondents are labor organizations with- in the meaning of Section 2(5) of the Act. 3. International Brotherhood of Electrical Work- ers System Council U-4 did not violate Section 8(b)(1)(B) of the Act. 4. Those individuals listed in Appendix A have, at all material times , been representatives of the Em- ployer selected by it, inter alia, for the purpose of dealing with matters involving collective-bargaining interpretation and adjusting grievances within the meaning of Section 8 (b)(1)(B) of the Act. 5. By disciplining the Employer's representatives referred to in paragraph 4 for performing struck work, including trying , fining, and/or expelling or suspend- ing them , and/or causing System Council U-4 Death Benefit Fund , Inc., to terminate their coverage, Respondent Local Unions coerced and restrained the Employer in the selection of its representatives for the purposes of collective bargaining and the adjustment of grievances , and thereby have engaged in and are engaging in unfair labor practices within the meaning of Section 8(b)(1)(B) of the Act. 6. The aforesaid unfair labor practices are unfair labor practices affecting commerce within the mean- ing of Section 2(6) and (7) of the Act. ORDER Pursuant to Section 10(c) of the National Labor Relations Act, as amended, the National Labor Relations Board hereby orders that: A. The complaint be, an it hereby is, dismissed in so far as it alleges violations of the Act by Internation- al Brotherhood of Electrical Workers System Council U-4. B. Respondents International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local Union Nos. 641 , 622, 759, 820, and 1263 , their officers , agents , and representa- tives, shall: 1. Cease and desist from: (a) Restraining or coercing Florida Power & Light Company, or any other employer, in the selection of its representatives for the purposes of collective bargaining or the adjustment of grievances by trying or disciplining such representatives because they have performed struck work for their employer. (b) In any like or related manner restraining or coercing Florida Power & Light Company or any other employer in the selection of its representatives for the purposes of collective bargaining or adjusting grievances. 2. Take the following affirmative action necessary to effectuate the policies of the Act: (a) Expunge all record of the disciplinary proceed- ings and actions taken against those individuals named in Appendix A to this Decision because they performed struck work during the 1969 strike against Florida Power & Light Company. (b) Rescind all fines levied, as detailed in Appendix A to this Decision , for performing struck work for Florida Power & Light Company during the 1969 strike and refund to those individuals any money paid to Respondents as a result of such fines. (c) Restore membership , and all consequent rights, to those individuals named in the applicable part of Appendix A to this Decision , who were unlawfully expelled or suspended. (d) Notify , in writing , System Council U-4 Death Benefit Fund , Inc., any other benefit plan affected by the discipline found unlawful herein , and those individuals listed in the applicable part of Appendix A to this Decision whose coverage the respective Respondents caused to be terminated , that they are in good standing and are eligible for coverage in the same manner as before Respondents' imposed such discipline. (e) Notify , in writing , those individuals listed in the applicable part of Appendix A to this Decision that all rights and benefits , including union membership, to which they were entitled before the disciplinary action, found to be unlawful herein , was taken against them , have been restored and that any fines have been rescinded and all applicable records expunged. IBEW SYSTEM COUNCIL U-4 (f) Post at their business offices and meeting halls copies of the attached notice marked "Appendix B, C, D, E, and F"2 as appropriate. Copies of said notice, on forms provided by the Regional Director for Region 12, after being duly signed by the appropriate Union's representative, shall be posted by each Respondent Union immediately upon receipt thereof, and be maintained by it for 60 consecutive days thereafter, in conspicuous places, including all places where notices to members are customarily posted. Reasonable steps shall be taken by each Respondent Union to insure that said notices are not altered, defaced, or covered by any other material. (g) Mail to the Regional Director for Region 12 signed copies of said notices for posting by Florida Power & Light Company, if willing, in places where notices to employees are customarily posted. Copies of said notices, to be furnished by the Regional Director for Region 12, shall, after being duly signed 2 In the event that the Board 's Order is enforced by a Judgment of a United States Court of Appeals, the words in the notice reading "POSTED BY ORDER OF THE NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD" 33 by the respective Respondent Union's official repre- sentative, be forthwith returned to the Regional Director. (h) Notify the Regional Director for Region 12, in writing, within 20 days from the date of this Order, what steps the Respondents have taken to comply herewith. MEMBER FANNING, dissenting: My colleagues have found that the Respondent Local Unions here violated Section 8(b)(1)(B) of the Act by coercing and restraining the Employer in the selection of its representatives for the purposes of collective bargaining and adjusting grievances. I disagree and, for the reasons set forth in my dissenting opinion in Illinois Bell Telephone Company, 192 NLRB No. 17, would dismiss the complaint in its entirety. shall be changed to read "POSTED PURSUANT TO A JUDGMENT OF THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS ENFORCING AN ORDER OF THE NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD.", APPENDIX A The parties have stipulated that the Respondent International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local Unions tried , and imposed discipline on, certain named individuals who were selected by the Employer for the purpose of acting as its representatives in matters concerning collective-bargaining, interpretations and adjusting grievances, including causing them to lose their right to participate in System Council U-4 Death Benefit Fund, Inc. (except as noted by an asterisk), because they performed struck work for the Employer , as follows: 34 DECISIONS OF NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD APPENDIX A (Continued) No. 641: H. E. Weatherly M. R. Weeks * C. E. Baker * Dan Bigelow * No. 820: R. T. Horne 0. M. Brannon F. D. Fishel T. R. Brandewie E. W. Jones C. A. Norris C. A. Pearsall J. E. Bryan H. D. Stephens No. 622: C. J. Rutledge No. 759: Richard Ackerman Ernest Beasley, Jr. Fred Davis Joseph L. Helmich Frank Henderson R. P. Norman S. V. Wanklyn fined $6,000 ►► ►► $6,000 $6,000 ►► $6,000 fined $6,000 reduced to $5,500 fined $500 reduced to $100 fined $6,000 reduced to $500 fined $6,000 fined $500 reduced to $100 fined $500 reduced to $100 fined $500 reduced to $100 fined $500 reduced to $100 fined $500 fined $1,500 suspended for 3 years fined $1,000 expelled fined $1,000 expelled fined $1,000 fined $1,000 expelled fined $1,000 expelled fined $1,000 expelled fined $1,000 expelled set aside on appeal no appeal ►► reduced to $ 100 and suspension set aside on appeal IBEW SYSTEM COUNCIL U-4 APPENDIX A (Continued) C. W. gingham E. F. Borchardt William Cole J. T. Hardy, Jr. C. E. Stout, Jr. Frank Ludlow P. Den Bleyker Earl Guyaux T. D. Burkett W. B. Hoffman L. E. Jones R. W. LaRoche L. H. Grubbs H. E. Hardee Stanley Hutcheson Charles Pogel T. W. Norton Claude Overfeit R. 0. Stamps J. E. McLeod fined $1,000 expelled fined $1,000 expelled fined $1,000 expelled fined $1,000 expelled fined $1,000 expelled fined $1,000 expelled fined $1,000 expelled fined $1,000 expelled fined $1,000 expelled fined $1,000 expelled fined $1,000 expelled fined $1,000 expelled fined $1,000 expelled fined $1,000 expelled fined $1,000 expelled fined $1,000 expelled fined $1,000 expelled fined $1,000 expelled fined $1,000 expelled fined $1,000 expelled no appeal II no appeal appeal denied no appeal appeal denied no appeal 35 36 W. H. McNary H. L. Orton Robert Rogers H. V. Johnson Emil Piazzo Fred Shaver W. M. Smith V. J. Nicholas P. T. McAllister W. L. Roper A. D. Reed Everett Weeks DECISIONS OF NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD APPENDIX A (Continued) fined $1,000 expelled fined $1,000 expelled fined $1,000 expelled fined $1,000 expelled fined $1,000 expelled fined $1,000 expelled fined $1,000 expelled fined $1,000 expelled fined $1,000 expelled fined $1,000 expelled fined $1,000 expelled fined $1,000 expelled reduced to $200 on appeal appeal denied no appeal reduced to $500 on appeal appeal denied-paid fine no appeal reduced to $400 on appeal appeal denied reduced to $200 on appeal appeal denied--paid fine no appeal No. 1263: William S . Doughty expelled no appeal IBEW SYSTEM COUNCIL U..4 37 APPENDIX B APPENDIX C NOTICE To MEMBERS POSTED BY ORDER OF THE NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD An Agency of the United States Government WE WILL NOT try, fine, or cause to lose their right to benefits to which they would otherwise be entitled, representatives selected by Florida Power & Light Company, or any other employer, for the purpose of collective bargaining or adjusting grievances, because they performed struck work for their employer, WE WILL NOT in any like or related manner coerce or restrain Florida Power & Light Compa- ny, or any other employer, in the selection of its representatives for the purpose of collective bargaining or adjusting grievances. WE WILL expunge all record of the disciplinary proceedings and actions taken against Florida Power & Light Company's representatives for the purposes of collective bargaining or adjusting grievances because they performed struck work during the 1969 strike. WE WILL rescind all fines levied against such representatives because they performed struck work during the 1969 strike and refund to them any money they have paid us as a result of such fines. WE WILL notify any benefit plan to which their rights were affected by our disciplinary actions, and those individuals affected, that they are in good standing and are eligible for coverage in the same manner as before our disciplinary actions. INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF ELECTRICAL WORKERS LOCAL UNION No. 641 (Labor Organization) Dated By (Representative ) (Title) This is an official notice and must not be defaced by anyone. This notice must remain posted for 60 consecutive days from the date of posting and must not be altered, defaced, or covered by any other material. Any questions concerning this notice or compliance with its provisions may be directed to the Board's Office, Federal Office Building, Room 706,500 Zack Street, Tampa, Florida 33602, Telephone 813-228-7711, extension 227. NOTICE To MEMBERS POSTED BY ORDER OF THE NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD An Agency of the United States Government WE WILL NOT try, fine, suspend from union membership, or cause to lose their right to benefits to which they would otherwise be entitled, includ- ing coverage by System Council U-4 Death Benefit Fund, Inc., representatives selected by Florida- Power & Light Company, or any other employer, for the purpose of collective bargaining or adjusting grievances, because they performed struck work for their employer. WE WILL NOT in any like or related manner coerce or restrain Florida Power & Light Compa- ny, or any other employer, in the selection of its representatives for the purpose of collective bargaining or adjusting grievances. WE WILL expunge all record of the disciplinary proceedings and actions taken against Florida Power & Light Company's representatives for the purposes of collective bargaining or adjusting grievances because they performed struck work during the 1969 strike. WE WILL rescind all fines levied against such representatives because they performed struck work during the 1969 strike and refund to them any money they have paid us as a result of such fines. WE WILL restore to membership, and all ri$hts that that entitles them to, such representatives whom we have suspended from union member- ship. WE WILL notify System Council U-4 Death Benefit Fund, Inc., any other benefit plan to which their rights were affected by our disciplinary actions, and those individuals affected, that they are in good standing and are eligible for coverage in the, same manner as before our disciplinary actions. INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF ELECTRICAL WORKERS LOCAL UNION No. 622 (Labor Organization) Dated By (Representative) (Title) This is an official notice and must not be defaced by anyone. This notice must remain posted for 60 consecutive 38 DECISIONS OF NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD days from the date of posting and must not be altered, defaced, or covered by any other material. Any questions concerning this notice or compliance with its provisions may be directed to the Board's Office, Federal Office Building, Room 706,500 Zack Street, Tampa, Florida 33602, Telephone 813-228-7711, extension 227. APPENDIX D NOTICE To MEMBERS POSTED BY ORDER OF THE NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD An Agency of the United States Government WE WILL NOT try, fine, expel from union membership, or cause to lose their right to benefits to which they would otherwise be entitled, includ- ing coverage by System Council U-4 Death Benefit Fund, Inc., representatives selected by Florida Power & Light Company, or any other employer, for the purpose of collective bargaining or adjusting grievances, because they performed struck work for their employer. WE WILL NOT in any like or related manner coerce or restrain Florida Power & Light Compa- ny, or any other employer, in the selection of its representatives for the purpose of collective bargaining or adjusting grievances. WE WILL expunge all record of the disciplinary proceedings and actions taken against Florida Power & Light Company's representatives for the purposes of collective bargaining or adjusting grievances because they performed struck work during the 1969 strike. WE WILL rescind all fines levied against such representatives because they performed struck work during the 1969 strike and refund to them any money they have paid us as a result of such fines. WE WILL restore to membership, and all rights that that entitles them to, such representatives whom we have expelled from union membership. WE WILL notify System Council U-4 Death Benefit Fund, Inc., any other benefit plan to which their rights were affected by our disciplinary actions, and those individuals affected, that they are in good standing and are eligible for coverage in the same manner as before our disciplinary actions. Dated By (Representative) (Title) This is an official notice and must not be defaced by anyone. This notice must remain posted for 60 consecutive days from the date of posting and must not be altered, defaced, or covered by any other material. Any questions concerning this notice or compliance with its provisions may be directed to the Board's Office, Federal Office Building, Room 706,500 Zack Street, "Tampa, Florida 33602, Telephone 813-228-7711, extension 227. APPENDIX E NOTICE To MEMBERS POSTED BY ORDER OF THE NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD An Agency of the United States Government WE WILL NOT try, fine, or cause to lose their right to benefits to which they would otherwise be entitled, including coverage by System Council U-4 Death Benefit Fund, Inc., representatives selected by Florida Power & Light Company, or any other employer, for the purpose of collective bargaining or adjusting grievances, because they performed struck work for their employer. - WE' WILL NOT in any like or related manner coerce or restrain Florida Power & Light Compa- ny, or any other employer, in the selection of its representatives for the purpose of collective bargaining or adjusting grievances. WE WILL expunge all record of the disciplinary proceedings and actions taken against Florida Power & Light Company's representatives for the purposes of collective bargaining or adjusting grievances because they performed struck work during the 1969 strike. WE WILL rescind all fines levied against such representatives because they performed struck work during the 1969 strike and refund to them any money they have paid us as a result of such fines. WE WILL notify System Council U-4 Death Benefit Fund, Inc., any other benefit plan to which their rights were affected, that they are in: good standing and are eligible for coverage in the same manner as before our disciplinary actions. INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF ELECTRICAL WORKERS LOCAL UNION No. 759 (Labor Organization) INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF ELECTRICAL WORKERS LOCAL UNION No. 820 (Labor Organization) IBEW SYSTEM COUNCIL U-4 39 Dated By WE WILL expunge all record of the disciplinary (Representative) (Title) This is an official notice and must not be defaced by anyone. This notice must remain posted for 60 consecutive days from the date of posting and must not be altered, defaced, or covered by any other material. Any questions concerning this notice or compliance with its provisions may be directed to the Board's Office, Federal Office Building, Room 706, 500 Zack Street, Tampa, Florida 33602, Telephone 813-228-7711, extension 227. APPENDIX F NOTICE To MEMBERS POSTED BY ORDER OF THE NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD An Agepcy of the United States Government WE WILL NOT try, expel from union member- ship, or cause to lose their right to benefits to which they would otherwise be entitled, including coverage by System Council U-4 Death Benefit Fund, Inc., representatives selected by Florida Power & Light Company, or any other employer, for the purpose of collective bargaining or adjust- ing grievances, because they performed struck work for their employer. WE WILL NOT in any like or related manner coerce or restrain Florida Power & Light Compa- ny, or any other employer, in the selection of its representatives for the purpose of collective bargaining or adjusting grievances. proceedings and actions taken against Florida Power & Light Company's representatives for the purposes of collective bargaining or adjusting grievances because they performed struck work during the 1969 strike. WE WILL restore to membership, and all rights that that entitles them to, such representatives whom we have expelled from Union membership. WE WILL notify System Council U-4 Death Benefit Fund, Inc., any other benefit plan to which their rights were affected, that they are in good standing and are eligible for coverage in the same manner as before our disciplinary actions. INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF ELECTRICAL WORKERS LOCAL UNION No. 1263 (Labor Organization) Dated By (Representative) (Title) This is an official notice and must not be defaced by anyone. This notice must remain posted for 60 consecutive days from the date of posting and must not be altered, defaced, or covered by any other material. Any questions concerning this notice or compliance with its provisions may be directed to the Board's Office, Federal Office Building, Room 706, 500 Zack Street, - Tampa, Florida 33602, Telephone 813-228-7711, extension 227.