JURISDICTIONAL DISPUTE
Conflicting claims made by two different LABOR
UNIONS to an employer regarding assignment of
the work or union representation.
Two basic types of controversies ordinarily
arise in such disputes. There can be a disagree-
ment concerning whether certain work should
be done by workers in one union or another. For
example, there might be a dispute between
employees in a carpenters’ union and a glaziers’
union concerning who should install frames for
windows in an apartment building. When this
type of dispute arises, there must exist evidence
of a threat of coercive action in order for the
NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD (NLRB) to
intervene by conducting a hearing and making
an assignment of the work.
A jurisdictional dispute might also arise
concerning which union should represent
employees who are performing a particular type
