One Monday, a labor organization affiliated with the International Ladies Garment Workers Union began an organization drive among the employees of Whittal & Shon, Inc. On the following Monday, six of the employees who were participating in the union drive were discharged. Immediately after the firings, the head of the company gave a speech to the remaining workers in which he made a variety of antiunion statements and threats. The union filed a complaint with the NLRB, alleging that the six employees were fired because they were engaging in organizational activity and that they were thus discharged in violation of the NLRA.
Assuming that the NLRA was violated, it could take two to three years before the NLRB obtains a final binding order compelling the employer to reinstate the six employees. Under the NLRA, must the employees wait this long to get their jobs back? What action may be taken by the Board in this case? [Silverman v. Whittal & Shon, Inc., 125 LRRM 2150 (S.D.N.Y.)]