Legal Opinion

National Labor Relations Board v. Solutia, Inc.

Court of Appeals for the First Circuit

Decided November 2, 2012No. 12-1129, 12-1174PublishedCited by 14 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

LYNCH, Chief Judge.

This labor case comes from the intersection of an employer’s desire to become more competitive by reducing costs and achieving greater efficiencies by consolidating two lab operations into one, and its obligations under national labor law to bargain with the union representing the affected employees.

The National Labor Relations Board petitions for enforcement of its 2011 order finding that Solutia, Inc. had violated sections 8(a)(1) and (5) of the National Labor Relations Act (“the Act”), 29 U.S.C. § 158(a)(1), (5). The order required Solutia to return to United Food and…

2Cases cited22 opinions

  1. Fibreboard Paper Products Corp. v. National Labor Relations BoardSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
  2. Litton Financial Printing Div., Litton Business Systems, Inc. v. NLRBSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
  3. Ford Motor Co. (Chicago Stamping Plant) v. National Labor Relations BoardSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  4. National Labor Relations Board v. Wooster Division of Borgwarner Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1958
  5. First National Maintenance Corp. v. National Labor Relations BoardSupreme Court of the United States · 1981

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