DeCamp Bus Lines, ESQ.

14 Cited authorities

Labor Board v. Katz
369 U.S. 736 (1962) Cited 710 times 29 Legal Analyses
Holding that "an employer's unilateral change in conditions of employment under negotiation" is a violation of the National Labor Relations Act because "it is a circumvention of the duty to negotiate"
Metropolitan Edison Co. v. Nat'l Labor Relations Bd.
460 U.S. 693 (1983) Cited 311 times 8 Legal Analyses
Holding that a union may, under certain circumstances, waive members' NLRA rights
Chicago Typographical v. Chicago Sun-Times
935 F.2d 1501 (7th Cir. 1991) Cited 123 times 1 Legal Analyses
Holding that even where interpretive route is not spelled out or there is an "error in interpretation," the award stands as long as there is a "possible interpretive route to the award"
Labor Board v. Crompton Mills
337 U.S. 217 (1949) Cited 102 times
Holding unlawful unilateral changes significantly different from "any which the employer has proposed" during bargaining
American Federation of Television & Radio Artists v. Nat'l Labor Relations Bd.
395 F.2d 622 (D.C. Cir. 1968) Cited 102 times 1 Legal Analyses
Applying Taft
Serramonte Oldsmobile, Inc. v. N.L.R.B
86 F.3d 227 (D.C. Cir. 1996) Cited 25 times 2 Legal Analyses
Concluding impasse was valid where "not a single one of the Union's statements . . . actually committed the Union to a new position or contained any specific proposals"
Truserv Corp. v. N.L.R.B
254 F.3d 1105 (D.C. Cir. 2001) Cited 19 times
Holding that an employer "was not free to replace unilaterally the contractual grievance procedure"
Richmond Recording Corp. v. N.L.R.B
836 F.2d 289 (7th Cir. 1987) Cited 30 times
Asserting that an impasse does not exist unless "[b]oth parties ... believe that they are at the end of their rope"
Teamsters Local Union No. 639 v. N.L.R.B
924 F.2d 1078 (D.C. Cir. 1991) Cited 24 times
Holding that brevity of parties' negotiations on issue and union's position that it still "had more movement to make" undermine employer's declaration of impasse
Grinnell Fire Protection Systems v. N.L.R.B
236 F.3d 187 (4th Cir. 2000) Cited 12 times 1 Legal Analyses
Noting that when, among other factors, a new negotiator was substituted, "the lack of a significant bargaining history would dictate giving the parties a fuller opportunity to effect an agreement than occurred here"

DeCamp Bus Lines, ESQ.

14 Cited authorities

Holding that "an employer's unilateral change in conditions of employment under negotiation" is a violation of the National Labor Relations Act because "it is a circumvention of the duty to negotiate"

Holding that a union may, under certain circumstances, waive members' NLRA rights

Holding that even where interpretive route is not spelled out or there is an "error in interpretation," the award stands as long as there is a "possible interpretive route to the award"

Holding unlawful unilateral changes significantly different from "any which the employer has proposed" during bargaining

Applying Taft

Concluding impasse was valid where "not a single one of the Union's statements . . . actually committed the Union to a new position or contained any specific proposals"

Holding that an employer "was not free to replace unilaterally the contractual grievance procedure"

Asserting that an impasse does not exist unless "[b]oth parties ... believe that they are at the end of their rope"

Holding that brevity of parties' negotiations on issue and union's position that it still "had more movement to make" undermine employer's declaration of impasse

Noting that when, among other factors, a new negotiator was substituted, "the lack of a significant bargaining history would dictate giving the parties a fuller opportunity to effect an agreement than occurred here"