United States DC Circuit

Where a union attempts to continue negotiations but management fails to return the union agent's calls, and only one employee out of a unit out of seventy expresses disapproval with the union, petitioner violated Sections 8(a)(5) and 8(d) of the NLRA by declining to continue bargaining with the union and instituting unilateral changes to wages, benefits, and work rules.

Appellate Information

• Argued 01/18/2002
• Decided 02/22/2002
• Published 02/22/2002

Judges

• Before:  EDWARDS, HENDERSON, and GARLAND, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States DC Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Ronald G. Ingham argued the cause for petitioner.   With him on the briefs was James P. Daniel.


• For Appellees:
  
• Anne Marie Lofaso, Attorney, National Labor Relations Board, argued the cause for respondent.   With her on the briefs were Arthur F. Rosenfeld, General Counsel, John H. Ferguson, Associate General Counsel, Aileen A. Armstrong, Deputy Associate General Counsel, and Julie B. Broido, Supervisory Attorney., David A. Rosenfeld was on the brief for amicus curiae International Association of Bridge, Structural, Ornamental Iron Workers, AFL-CIO, Shop men's Local Union #733, in support of respondent.