Two basic types of controversies ordinarily arise in such disputes. There can be a disagreement 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 of work.
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