National Labor Relations Board v. Sklar

WEICK, Circuit Judge.

This case has questions as to when and how an employer,1 who is a member of a multi-employer unit for collective bargaining purposes, may withdraw therefrom and bargain individually with a labor union.

The Board held, in representation proceedings, involving rival labor unions, in which the employer, MAD, did not participate except to supply information concerning its interstate business, that the withdrawal was not timely and that MAD was barred by estoppel from withdrawing because it had not given notice to the Board of contractual dealings with the respondent union2…