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The Park Associates, Inc. v. NLRB
(D.C. Circuit)
Successorship bargaining issues
The NAM joined in an amicus brief urging the D.C. Circuit to reverse a recent 2 to 1 NLRB ruling. The ruling required the new owner of a company to bargain with the union that represented the employees of the company before it was sold, in spite of the fact that a majority of the employees signed a petition to decertify the union as their representative. The decision undermines employee freedom of choice, forcing upon them an artificial and unwanted relationship which could give rise to industrial strife and tension. The NAM, joining with the Master Printers of America, the Center on National Labor Policy, Inc., and Associated Builders and Contractors, Inc., argues that the National Labor Relations Act gives an employer the right not to recognize a union when it has a good faith doubt that the union represents a majority of its employees.
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