Michigan Hospital Wins Sixth Cir. Appeal of Labor Injunction (1)

A federal appeals court nixed an injunction requiring a Michigan hospital to bargain with a union in a decision that deals a blow to the National Labor Relations Board.

The district court was wrong to grant the NLRB’s request for a bargaining order because the agency failed to show that not getting an injunction against Trinity Health Grand Haven Hospital would result in irreparable harm, a divided US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit ruled Friday.

The decision diminishes the NLRB’s ability to obtain injunctions in the Sixth Circuit by rejecting the theory that an employer’s refusal to bargain ...