Publication Date
5-1981
Document Type
Comment
Abstract
In January of 1980 the International Longshoremen's Associaton, (ILA), boycotted any and all material destined for or originated from the Soviet Union. The boycott was announced as a political protest of the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. Not surprisingly, the boycott spawned several lawsuits contesting the legality of the union action: New Orleans Steamship Ass'n v. Longshore Workers; Baldovin v. ILA and Walsh v. ILA. This comment will focus on these three decisions and their treatment of three major issues: first, whether the boycott is within the commerce jurisdiction of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB); second, whether the boycott is within the labor dispute jurisdiction of the NLRB; and third, whether the boycott constituted a secondary boycott in violation of section 8(b)(4)(ii)(B) of the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA).
Recommended Citation
Caddell, Jeffrey L.
(1981)
"Longshoremen's Embargo of Soviet Goods: A Secondary Boycott or a Political Protest?,"
Mercer Law Review: Vol. 32:
No.
3, Article 8.
Available at:
https://digitalcommons.law.mercer.edu/jour_mlr/vol32/iss3/8