Steel labor case could set precedent

[Omaha Steve]

http://www.amm.com/login/amm-*/2010-03-29__17-58-50.html/Steel+labor+case+could+set+precedent


By Corinna PetryPublished: Mar 29 2010 5:58PM

Up to 100 National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) decisions brought while the board was short of its statutorily required quorum of three members could be overturned if the U.S. Supreme Court rules in favor of a challenge presented last week involving New Process Steel LP, a Houston-based flat-rolled processor and distributor.

New Process Steel sought to overturn an NLRB ruling that compelled the company to honor a 2007 labor agreement with the International Association of Machinists, which the company argued wasn't wanted by a majority of workers at its Butler, Ind., facility and didn't receive a majority vote to ratify it, according to an earlier ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit, which affirmed the NLRB decision.

"At stake here is the potential to decide cases," Neal K. Katyal, U.S. Department of Justice's deputy solicitor general, arguing on behalf of the NLRB, told the nine...

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[Earth Bound Misfit]

1. In other words...

This is a big fv#$ing deal. :-)

ETA: Link is broken.

[demosincebirth]

2. going to the SCOTUS with its conservative majority

doesn't bode well for a ruling in favor of the working man.