Grane Health Care v. National Labor Relations Board

OPINION OF THE COURT

AMBRO, Circuit Judge.

For many years Cambria County, a political subdivision of Pennsylvania, owned and operated Laurel Crest Nursing and Rehabilitation Center (“Laurel Crest”). As a state-owned facility, labor relations at Laurel Crest were subject to Pennsylvania labor law. In January 2010, however, Grane Healthcare Co. (“Grane”) bought Laurel Crest, and established a new entity, Cambria Care Center (“Cambria Care”), to serve as its operator. 1 Because Grane and Cambria Care (collectively, the “Company”) are private employers, labor relations at the facility became…