context: Local 90 claims that the use of American flags at the construction sites was a "grass roots effort" that was unauthorized by the Union. Plaintiffs contend the use of the American flags was at least ratified by the Union, as Local 90 did not take any steps to correct the illegal actions of its members while the actions became the subject of an unfair labor practice filed with the NLRB.
citation_a.signal: see also
citation_a.parenthetical: finding the union liable for the unlawful picketing of its members, and deeming it significant that the union made no effort to disavow either the union hall statements of its agents or the picket line incidents
citation_a.sentence: See BE & K Constr. Co. v. N.L.R.B., 23 F.3d 1459, 1466-67 (8th Cir.1994) (defining ratification as the affir-mance by a person of a prior act that did not bind him but which was done or professedly done on his account, whereby the act, as to some or all persons, is given effect as if originally authorized by him) (citations omitted); see also Nat’l Cash Register Co. v. N.L.R.B., 466 F.2d 945 (6th Cir.1972) (finding the union liable for the unlawful picketing of its members, and deeming it significant that the union made no effort to disavow either the union hall statements of its agents or the picket line incidents).
citation_b.signal: see
citation_b.identifier: 23 F.3d 1459, 1466-67
citation_b.parenthetical: defining ratification as the affir-mance by a person of a prior act that did not bind him but which was done or professedly done on his account, whereby the act, as to some or all persons, is given effect as if originally authorized by him
citation_b.sentence: See BE & K Constr. Co. v. N.L.R.B., 23 F.3d 1459, 1466-67 (8th Cir.1994) (defining ratification as the affir-mance by a person of a prior act that did not bind him but which was done or professedly done on his account, whereby the act, as to some or all persons, is given effect as if originally authorized by him) (citations omitted); see also Nat’l Cash Register Co. v. N.L.R.B., 466 F.2d 945 (6th Cir.1972) (finding the union liable for the unlawful picketing of its members, and deeming it significant that the union made no effort to disavow either the union hall statements of its agents or the picket line incidents).