By: Derek Hawkins//September 8, 2015//
Civil
7th Circuit Court of Appeals
Officials: WOOD, Chief Judge, and ROVNER and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges
Petition for Review – Unfair Labor Practices – Union
No. 14-2991; 14-3361 AutoNation, Inc. v. NLRB
Holding of meeting where employer attempted to prevent employees from unionizing held to violate unfair labor practices act.
“The Board concluded next that Davis and Andrews made implied promises of wage increases to deter workers from supporting the Union. During the meeting, Theodorou had read aloud a question a worker had submitted previously on the topic of worker pay. The worker wanted to know if it was “possible without voting the union into the dealership that the dealers’ [sic] current pay plan can be evaluated or updated more for progressing technicians whose current pay plan has a low pay ceiling.” Andrews responded that such a thing was “absolutely possible,” then added, “it’s something we try to do every year,” and that “the first thing we need to do” is to “look at that.” Later, Davis said that “if we’re not being fair or we’re not being competitive to what you guys could get on the open marketplace on your own, I think there would be a definite willingness to consider making adjustments for those of you who are negatively impacted by that,” adding, “we want a chance to address them [your concerns] before you pay somebody else to address them.”
Decision Enforced