Wackenhut Corp. v. National Labor Relations Board

Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge WALD.

WALD, Circuit Judge:

The Wackenhut Corporation (“Wacken-hut”), a company which provides security guard services, argues that a union of 11 guards 1 employed by Wackenhut was improperly certified because it is impermissi-bly affiliated with a union that has non-guard members, in violation of the Labor-Management Relations Act, 29 U.S.C. § 159(b)(3) (“the Act”). The National Labor Relations Board (“Board” or “NLRB”) rejected this argument. We find that although the challenged unit of guards was undoubtedly reliant on a member of a non-guard union…