National Labor Relations Board v. Crompton-Highland Mills, Inc.

In this case a collective bargaining representative was certified, under the National Labor Relations Act, 1 to represent all employees working in a certain appropriate bargaining unit. Their employer engaged in extended negotiations with this representative as to many matters-, including rates of pay. December 19, 1945, the negotiations reached something of an impasse. The question here presented is whether this employer engaged in an unfair labor practice when, on January 1, 1946, it put into effect as of December 31, 1945, without prior consultation with the bargaining representative, a…