National Labor Relations Board v. Boot

The Company contends that the American Federation of Labor (referred to as A.F.L.) was not a labor organization as that term is defined in section 2(5) of the Labor-Management Relations Act, 29 U.S.C. § 152(5), 29 U.S.C.A. § 152(5). It may well be said of the A.F.L., as was said of the C.I.O. in National Labor Relations Board v. Postex Cotton Mills, 5 Cir., 181 F.2d 919, 921, that so to determine "would require us to overlook the realities and substance of its objectives and operations." See also National Labor Relations Board v. Highland Park Mfg. Co., 341 U.S. 322, 71 S. Ct. 758.