Southern Bakeries, LLC v. National Labor Relations Board

MURPHY, Circuit Judge.

Some production and sanitation employees of Southern Bakeries (“Southern” or “company”) attempted several times to end their representation by the Bakery, Con-fectionary, Tobacco and Grain Millers Union, Local 111 (“union”). The National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB” or “Board”) twice prevented union decertification votes due to Southern’s unfair labor practices that would have tainted such votes. After employees later filed a withdrawal petition, the company withdrew its recognition of the union, and the union again filed an unfair labor practices charge. An…