NLRB v. Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp.
United States Supreme Court
301 U.S. 1 (1937)
Relevant factsFree
After Congress passed the National Labor Relations Act creating the NLRB (plaintiff/appellant) to protect employees' unionization rights, Jones & Laughlin Steel (defendant) fired ten employees for attempting to unionize at a Pennsylvania plant, and the NLRB sanctioned the company for discriminatory labor practices. The company challenged the NLRA as an unconstitutional exercise of the Commerce Clause power, and the lower courts agreed, prompting the NLRB's appeal.
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Whether Congress may regulate labor relations, including the right to unionize free from employer retaliation, under its Commerce Clause power to regulate interstate commerce.