Am. Mun. Power, Inc. v. Nat'l Labor Relations Bd.

SUTTON, Circuit Judge.

When American Municipal Power opened a power plant in Smithland, Kentucky, the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers petitioned to represent the plant's operators. The National Labor Relations Board certified a bargaining unit consisting of the full-time and regular part-time operators employed at the newly opened facility. Because the company worries that this definition includes operators based at other locations that it temporarily assigns to Smithland, it asked the Board to modify the bargaining unit's language to exclude temporary assignees. The Board…