Greensboro Printing Pressmen, Union 319, 893 (1976)

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Greensboro Printing Pressmen, Union 319, 893 (1976)

GREENSBORO PRINTING PRESSMEN, UNION 319 893

Greensboro Printing Pressmen and Assistants' Union No. 319 and The Greensboro News Company. Case 11-CB- 487

February 13, 1976 DECISION AND ORDER

BY CHAIRMAN MURPHY AND MEMBERS FANNING, JENKINS AND PENELLO

On September 16, 1975, Administrative Law Judge Frank H. Itkin issued the attached Decision in this proceeding. Thereafter, Respondent filed exceptions and a supporting brief, and the Charging Party filed a brief in answer to Respondent's exceptions.

The Board has considered the record and the attached Decision in light of the exceptions and briefs and has decided to affirm the rulings, findings, and conclusions of the Administrative Law Judge and to adopt his recommended Order.

In agreeing with the Administrative Law Judge's conclusion that Respondent Union has violated Section 8(b)(3) by bargaining in bad faith with no intention of entering into a final binding contract, we do not, as suggested by our dissenting colleague, rely solely on the fact, standing alone, that Respondent submitted a new proposal for an agreement of 12 years' duration at the last negotiation session held between the parties. Rather, as is evident from the Administrative Law Judge's Decision, the finding of this violation rests on a consideration of the entire circumstances herein. Thus, as set forth in section III of the Administrative Law Judge's Decision, Respondent, in addition to its new proposal for a contract term of 12 years, demanded wages in excess of those sought during the prior bargaining sessions. Furthermore, following the submission of the new proposals,

Payne, one of Respondent's principal negotiators, when asked by the Company's counsel whether the Union would agree to a cont...

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