Colgate-Palmolive Co - Decision Summary

Colgate-Palmolive Co. (9-CA-32158; 323 NLRB No. 82) Jeffersonville, Ind. April 23, 1997. Affirming the administrative law judge, the Board held that the respondent's installation and use of hidden surveillance cameras in the workplace was a mandatory subject of bargaining and one which the union had a statutory right to bargain over. Thus, the Board affirmed the judge's finding that the respondent violated Section 8(a)(1) and (5) of the Act when it failed and refused to bargain over this issue after the union sent a bargaining demand letter.

Charge filed by Chemical Workers Local 15; complaint alleged violation of Section 8(a)(1) and (5). Hearing at Louisville, Ky., May 2, 1995. Decision issued by Adm. Law Judge Richard H. Beddow Jr., Sept. 13, 1995.