Jess Parrish Memorial Hospital v. Laborers' International Union of North America, Local No. 666

SHAW, Judge.

In January of 1978 the appellee union was certified by PERC as the exclusive bargaining agent for a unit of hospital employees. The hospital filed a petition for review of the certification order and sought unsuccessfully to obtain a stay from PERC and from the court. While the appeal was pending, the union’s request that the hospital enter into collective bargaining negotiations was rebuffed by the hospital. PERC entered an order finding that the hospital had unlawfully refused to bargain. That order is the subject of this appeal.

The issue to be resolved is whether, in absence of…