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Crown, Cork & Seal Co.

334 N.L.R.B. 699 (2001)

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Crown, Cork & Seal Co.

National Labor Relations Board
334 N.L.R.B. 699 (2001)

  • Written by Tammy Boggs, JD

Facts

Crown, Cork & Seal Co. (Crown) employed about 150 employees at its aluminum-can manufacturing plant. Crown’s management established the Socio-Tech System, through which employees participated in one or more teams and committees. The teams and committees made decisions by a process of discussion and consensus. Every employee at the plant participated in one of four production teams, which decided issues of production, quality, training, attendance, safety, maintenance, and discipline. Some of the employees also participated on a higher-level organizational review board, an advancement certification board, and a safety committee, and many of these teams’ decisions were reviewed by a management team. Above the management team, the plant manager had ultimate decision-making authority, and he rarely or never overruled the organization review board on its policy decisions or any other teams’ decision on a specified issue. In an administrative proceeding, the judge found that Crown’s seven teams and committees were not employer-dominated “labor organizations” under the National Labor Relations Act. The National Labor Relations Board reviewed the matter.

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