Legal Opinion
National Labor Relations Board v. Kolkka
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided March 17, 1999No. 97-71132PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
THOMAS, Circuit Judge:
This appeal presents the question of whether an employer may refuse to bargain with certified representatives of its employees because some of the voting employees were undocumented aliens. We hold that an employer may not do so, and grant the National Labor Relations Board’s petition for enforcement of its cease and desist order.
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John Kolkka is the sole proprietor of a sauna and furniture manufacturing business known as Kolkka Tables and Finnish-Ameri*939can Saunas (“Kolkka”). He employs approximately fifty persons in his factory. In May 1996, the Carpenters Union Local…
2Cases cited13 opinions
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- Pacific Southwest Airlines, and Pacific Southwest Airmotive v. National Labor Relations BoardCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1978
- National Labor Relations Board v. Best Products Co., Inc.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1985
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3Cited by2 opinions
- National Labor Relations Board v. KolkkaCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1999
- Wright Electric v. NLRBCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2000