Fall River Dyeing & Finishing Corp. v. National Labor Relations Board

delivered the opinion of the Court.†

In this case we are confronted with the issue whether the National Labor Relations Board’s decision is consistent with NLRB v. Burns International Security Services, Inc., 406 U. S. 272 (1972). In Bums, this Court ruled that the new employer, succeeding to the business of another, had an obligation to bargain with the union representing the predecessor’s employees. Id., at 278-279. We first must decide whether Burns is limited to a situation where the union only recently was certified before the transition in employers, or whether that decision also applies…