NLRB v. Washington Aluminum Co.
| NLRB v. Washington Aluminium Co. | |
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| Argued April 10, 1962 Decided May 28, 1962 | |
| Full case name | National Labor Relations Board v. Washington Aluminum Company |
| Citations | 370 U.S. 9 (more) 82 S. Ct. 1099; 8 L. Ed. 2d 298 |
| Case history | |
| Prior | |
| Holding | |
| Unorganized workers have the right to engage in concerted activity over working conditions without making a prior specific demand. | |
| Court membership | |
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| Case opinion | |
| Majority | Black, joined by Warren, Douglas, Clark, Harlan, Brennan, Stewart |
| Frankfurter, White took no part in the consideration or decision of the case. | |
| Laws applied | |
| National Labor Relations Act | |
NLRB v. Washington Aluminium Co., 370 U.S. 9 (1962), was a US labor law related Supreme Court ruling concerning the right of workers to engage in protected concerted activity. Section 7 of the National Labor Relations Act gives employees the right to "engage in other concerted activities for the purpose of collective bargaining or other mutual aid or protection." The Supreme Court ruled that a walk-out was protected activity even if workers did not present "a specific demand upon their employer to remedy a condition they found objectionable."