Interference with Right to Unionize – Unfair Labor Practices – Petition for REview

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7^th Circuit Court of Appeals

Case Name: Contemporary Cars, Inc. v. NLRB

Case No.: 14-3723; 15-1187

Officials: Before MANION, ROVNER, and HAMILTON, Circuit Judges.

Focus: Interference with Right to Unionize – Unfair Labor Practices – Petition for REview

Court enforces order finding employer engaging in unfair labor practices from actions taken against union employees.

“The Board also reasonably found that the dealership’s failure to respond to the union’s information request concerning job classifications, wage rates, and related items was a § 8(a)(5) bargaining violation. Substantial evidence indicates that the union requested this information in April 2009. An employer’s duty to bargain includes a duty to provide the un- ion with information “needed by the bargaining representative for the proper performance of its duties.” NLRB v. Acme Industrial Co., 385 U.S. 432, 435–36 (1967). The dealership’s refusal to provide the information violated § 8(a)(5) of the Act.”

Petition to Review Denied

Order Enforced

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