United States Seventh Circuit

Employer is free to make unilateral changes in the terms and conditions of its workers' employment as soon as the parties reach a deadlock on negotiation as a whole, not just on one issue, in their negotiations over a collective bargaining agreement.

Appellate Information

• Argued 10/23/2000
• Decided 12/01/2000
• Published 12/01/2000

Judges

• POSNER, Circuit Judge., Before POSNER, DIANE P. WOOD, and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Richard J. Swanson (argued), Macey, Macey & Swanson, Indianapolis, IN, for Intervenor.


• For Appellees:
  
• Jack H. Rogers (argued), Barnes & Thornburg, Indianapolis, IN, for Petitioner/Cross-Respondent., Julie F. Marcus (argued), National Labor Relations Board, Appellate Court, Enforcement Litigation, Washington, DC, Roberto G. Chavarry, National Labor Relations Board, Region 25, Indianapolis, IN, Aileen Armstrong, National Labor Relations Board, Office of the General Counsel, Washington, DC, for Respondent/Cross-Petitioner.