The Board ordered the employer to grant the Union access to its facility for reasonable periods and at reasonable times, sufficient to allow the Union’s representative to observe how work is performed in preparation for collective bargaining.
New Surfside Nursing Home and Local 144, SEIU, 330 NLRB 1146 (2000)
The Third Circuit Court of Appeals enforced the NLRB’s order that the Weingarten right to union representation was triggered by employee inquiry whether she should have a union representative at a meeting. The Court also found that the Union was entitled to receive a summary of witness statements and an investigative report by security because the employer had relied on this information in its determination to discipline an employee.
NLRB v. NJ Bell Tel., 936 F.2d 144 (3d Cir. 1991),
enforcing 300 NLRB No. 6 (1990)
The Second Circuit Court The Second Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a preliminary injunction requiring defendants to provide COBRA coverage to 60,000 striking workers. This was the first such case brought under COBRA, which had been enacted in 1986. The 60,000 worker strike began August 1989 and lasted 17 weeks, with one worker losing his life on the picket line.
Commc’n Workers of Am., Dist. One, AFL-CIO v. NYNEX Corp., 898 F.2d 887 (2d Cir. 1990)
