United Telegraph Workers, Afl-Cio v. National Labor Relations Board, Western Union Telegraph Company and Western Union Corporation, Intervenors

WILKEY, Circuit Judge:

This case presents the question of the collective bargaining obligations of a group of interrelated corporations. The United Telegraph Workers (the Union) long have been the collective bargaining representative of employees of Western Union Telegraph Co. (Telegraph). During 1969-73, Telegraph reorganized itself into a parent holding company and five subsidiaries. Telegraph, the common carrier, became the major subsidiary; its various non-FCC-regulated operations were spun off into four other subsidiaries. Following this corporate reorganization, the Union demanded that…