356 U.S. 342 (1958) Cited 296 times 1 Legal Analyses
Holding employer's insistence on a ballot clause was an unfair labor practice under § 8 because it was a non-mandatory subject of bargaining and it "substantially modifies the collective-bargaining system provided for in the statute by weakening the independence of the 'representative' chosen by the employees. It enables the employer, in effect, to deal with its employees rather than with their statutory representative."
In Tahoe Nugget and Sahara-Tahoe we stressed that the evidence presented to establish reasonable good faith doubt, individually or cumulatively, must unequivocally indicate that union support had declined to a minority.
Ruling that "[h]ealth care plans are mandatory subjects of bargaining" under the NLRA, and holding that a company's unilateral, material changes to health care benefits violates the Act
Holding an interest arbitration clause is a nonmandatory subject of bargaining and cannot be included over a party's objection in a collective bargaining agreement resulting from interest arbitration
Holding that, while interest arbitration clauses generally are enforceable, the inclusion of an interest arbitration clause in the successor collective bargaining agreement will not be enforced because of the potential for collective bargaining agreements to become self-perpetuating
Concluding that where an indictment under the Sherman Act alleged an effect theory of jurisdiction and the prosecutor at trial argued a flow theory, the defendant's conviction must be set aside because the jury convicted on a basis not charged by grand jury
In Huggins Sheet Metal and in Williams, the parties had reached an impasse in negotiations on the new agreement, and the unions sought interest arbitration under their respective collective bargaining agreements.