Opinion ID: 185833
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Heading Rank: 3

Heading: The Board's Decision and Order

Text: 14 As a result of the foregoing events, the three Locals filed unfair labor practice charges against Regal. After investigating the claims, the Board's General Counsel issued separate complaints against Regal, which were subsequently consolidated for hearing and decision. After a hearing on the consolidated complaint, an Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) concluded that Regal violated sections 8(a)(1) and 8(a)(5) of the NLRA, 29 U.S.C. § 158(a)(1), (a)(5), by refusing to bargain with the Locals before converting to manager-operated theaters and terminating the union-represented projectionists. JDA 20. Rejecting Regal's arguments under First National Maintenance Corp. v. NLRB, 452 U.S. 666, 101 S.Ct. 2573, 69 L.Ed.2d 318 (1981), and Dubuque Packing Co., 303 N.L.R.B. 386, 1991 WL 146795 (1991), the ALJ held that Regal had a duty to bargain under Fibreboard Paper Products Corp. v. NLRB, 379 U.S. 203, 85 S.Ct. 398, 13 L.Ed.2d 233 (1964), and Torrington Industries, Inc., 307 N.L.R.B. 809, 1992 WL 127799 (1992). JDA 16-17. Applying a waiver analysis, the ALJ also rejected Regal's argument that the management rights clause authorized Regal to convert to manager-operated theaters without first bargaining to impasse. JDA 17-19. Lastly, the ALJ rejected Regal's argument that Local 364 failed to timely demand bargaining over Regal's conversion decision. JDA 19. The ALJ then ordered Regal, among other remedies, to reinstate the terminated projectionists to their former or substantially equivalent positions. JDA 20. 15 The Board adopted the ALJ's rulings, findings and conclusions in its June 20, 2001 decision and order. JDA 9. Adopting the ALJ's conclusion that Regal violated sections 8(a)(1) and 8(a)(5) of the NLRA by refusing to bargain over its conversion decision, the Board emphasized the ALJ's finding that the reclassification or transfer of bargaining unit work to managers or supervisors is a mandatory subject of bargaining where it has an impact on unit work and stated that Regal both transferred unit work to existing managers and also hired new assistant managers to perform [that work.] JDA 9. With respect to the management rights clause, the Board concluded that Regal's decisions were not founded on any new technological development and that there was no clear and unmistakable waiver of bargaining regarding the allocation of the work among different classifications of employees. JDA 9. The Board upheld the ALJ's remaining conclusions without comment and affirmed the ALJ's remedial order. 3 JDA 11.