369 U.S. 736 (1962) Cited 711 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"
360 U.S. 301 (1959) Cited 106 times 1 Legal Analyses
Holding that an untimely allegation of an unlawful unilateral wage increase was sufficiently related to a timely refusal-to-bargain charge, because the wage increase "largely influenced" the Board's finding that an unlawful refusal to bargain had occurred
In NLRB v. Signal Oil Gas Co., 303 F.2d 785 (5th Cir. 1962), this Circuit has discussed at length the obligation of the employer where there are competing unions and "the situation [has] not crystallized," not to exert influence thereby tipping the scales and "depriving the employees of their right to select their representative in a free contest between the rival organizations."
Refusing to apply "the doctrine of waiver or estoppel . . . to excuse the employer from its statutory duty to bargain in good faith with the union during the certification period"