441 U.S. 488 (1979) Cited 290 times 1 Legal Analyses
Holding that proposal concerning in-plant cafeteria prices was within duty to bargain despite fact that prices were set by third-party supplier rather than employer
Explaining that under a substantial evidence standard of review, an administrative fact-finder's determinations on issues of credibility should not be reversed unless inherently incredible or patently unreasonable
Holding that "appreciation" bonuses, one of which was given to all employees in an amount equal to eighty hours of work at each employee's standard pay rate, were not subject to mandatory bargaining
In Seattle First National Bank, for example, the Ninth Circuit specifically noted (pointing to our opinion in W.W. Cross Co., supra) that group insurance plans involve issues traditionally considered "vital" to employees, as opposed to bank services, the putative benefit at issue in that case.
Holding that “safety rules and practices ... are undoubtedly conditions of employment, and ... Section 8(d) requires good faith bargaining as a mutual obligation of the employer and the Union in connection with such matters”