Alaska Statebank, Appellant-Petitioner v. National Labor Relations Board, Appellee-Respondent

EAST, District Judge:

Alaska Statebank (employer) petitions for review of an order of the National Labor Relations Board (Board) directing the employer to bargain with the union elected by the employees at the employer’s Kenai branch bank. 250 NLRB No. 179. The employer challenges the finding of the Board that eligible employees at the Kenai branch alone constitute an appropriate bargaining unit, contending that the only appropriate unit is one composed of employees at all of its branches and head office. The Board cross-petitions for enforcement of its order.

The employer bank has a head…