Enterprise Publishing Co. v. National Labor Relations Board - United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit

Enterprise Publishing Co. v. National Labor Relations Board

By United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit

  • Release Date: 1974-03-18
  • Genre: Law

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MOORE, Circuit Judge. This is an appeal from a decision of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) not to decide alleged violations of §§ 8(b) (2) and (1) (A) of the National Labor Relations Act, 29 U.S.C. § 151 et seq. (1970). Jurisdiction is found here under § 10(f) of the Act. Petitioner, Enterprise Publishing Company, a newspaper publisher in Brockton, Massachusetts, has had a collective bargaining agreement with its Union, The Brockton Newspaper Guild, AFL-CIO, the intervenor, for thirty-five years. This agreement provided that certain disputes would be sent to binding arbitration after a stated period of disagreement. The disputes included covered ""any matter (1) involving the interpretation of any provision of this agreement or (2) involving the violation of any provision of this agreement . . . ."" The agreement required that:

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