Nat’l Labor Relations Bd. v. Le Fort Enters., Inc., No. 14-1917 (1st Cir. 2015)
Annotate this CaseLe Fort Enterprises, Inc., which provides cleaning services to homeowners in and around Boston, Massachusetts, employs twenty-nine housekeepers. Some of the housekeepers decided to attempt to unionize. The National Labor Relations Board asserted jurisdiction and conducted a secret-ballot election among the twenty-nine housekeepers. The employees voted to select the International Association of Bridge, Structural, Ornamental and Reinforcing Iron Workers, Local 7, AFL-CIO (the Union) as their exclusive collective-bargaining representative. The Board certified the Union in accord with the employees’ vote. Le Fort, however, refused to bargain with the Union, which led to a charge of unfair labor practices. The Board subsequently ordered Le Fort to bargain. The Board petitioned the First Circuit to enforce the Board’s unfair labor practice order. The First Circuit granted the petition, holding that there was no evidence to warrant setting aside the election results.
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