National Labor Relations Board v. Haberman Construction Company

GOLDBERG, Circuit Judge:

At first blush, it appeared that we con- • fronted a labor question of first impression in the courts of appeals: To what extent is a collective bargaining agreement, whose genesis is a pre-hire agreement, enforceable beyond the projects already under way at the time of its repudiation? However, following substantial consultation of authority, and subsequent to a great deal of reflection, we have concluded that this question simply involves the application of a labor law principle of ancient vintage: a union’s majority in a unit, once established, is rebuttably…