Opinion ID: 184887
Heading Depth: 2
Heading Rank: 2

Heading: The Unfair Labor Practice Proceeding

Text: 8 Following certification, Saipan refused to bargain or furnish requested information to the Union, whereupon the Union filed an unfair labor practice charge. 4 In its answer, Saipan admitted the allegations but challenged the validity of the certification. Thereafter, the General Counsel moved for summary judgment and the Board issued a show cause notice. 9 On August 19, 1998 the Board granted the General Counsel's motion for summary judgment. In its Decision and Order, the Board found that [a]ll representation issues raised by [Saipan] were or could have been litigated in the prior representation proceeding, and that Saipan did not offer to adduce any newly discovered and previously unavailable evidence, nor [did] it allege any special circumstances that would require the Board to modify its decision in the representation proceeding. Micro Pac. Dev., Inc., 326 N.L.R.B. No. 20 at 1 (Aug. 19, 1998). Accordingly, the Board concluded that Saipan's refusal to bargain and to furnish requested information violated the NLRA. The Board required Saipan to cease its unfair labor practices, post a remedial notice, bargain with the Union upon request and supply the requested information. See id. at 2. Saipan then petitioned this Court to review the Board's decision and the NLRB cross-applied for enforcement of its order.