Hill-Rom Company, Inc., Petitioner/cross-Respondent v. National Labor Relations Board, Respondent/cross-Petitioner

KANNE, Circuit Judge.

To improve its quality control program, Hill-Rom Company, Inc. proposed that certain work from one of its recognized bargaining units be transferred into a new, non-unit position entitled Quality Assurance Technician (“QAT”). However, after several meetings with Hill-Rom, the union representing Hill-Rom’s employees the Furniture & Casket Workers Local Union No. 525, Upholsterers International Union of North America, AFL-CIO (“Union”) rejected the proposed work transfer. Notwithstanding the Union’s disapproval, Hill-Rom decided to unilaterally transfer the work to the new…