National Labor Relations Board v. Powell Electrical Mfg. Co., and Process Systems, Inc. Of Houston

JERRE S. WILLIAMS, Circuit Judge:

Powell Electrical Manufacturing Company and Process Systems Inc. of Houston, both subsidiaries of Powell Industries, appeal a National Labor Relations Board’s order to reinstate and make whole certain striking workers. Agreeing with the Board that the strike became an unfair labor practice strike when Powell without justification declared that negotiations had reached an impasse, we enforce the order of reinstatement but modify the procedure for establishing reinstatement rights for particular employees.

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This appeal involves a dispute about the events that…