A New York real estate company violated federal labor law by refusing to bargain with a union over wages, health benefits, and other economic subjects until all non-economic topics were resolved, a divided National Labor Relations Board ruled.
The two Democrats on a three-member NLRB panel ruled Friday against Troutbrook Co., which owns a unionized hotel in Brooklyn. They pointed to board rulings going back to 1974 that deem insisting on the resolution of non-economic issues before moving to economic issues an unfair labor practice.
The latest decision clarifies that one party can’t unilaterally impose negotiating rules, on a take-it-or-leave-it ...
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