Wilkes-Barre Hospital Co., LLC v. National Labor Relations Board

SENTELLE, Senior Circuit Judge:

Petitioner Wilkes-Barre Hospital Company, LLC d/b/a Wilkes-Barre General Hospital (the “Hospital”) petitions for review of the National Labor Relations Board’s (“NLRB” or the “Board”) decision and order finding that the Hospital violated section 8(a)(1) and (a)(5) of the National Labor Relations Act (the “Act”), 29 U.S.C. § 158(a)(1), (5), by unilaterally ceasing the payment of longevity-based wage increases to its nurses after the expiration of the parties’ collective bargaining agreement. See generally Litton Fin. Printing Div. v. NLRB, 501 U.S. 190, 111 S.Ct.…