Opinion ID: 3064822
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Text: After winning a certification campaign to represent C&C’s employees, the United Union of Roofers, Waterproofers and Allied Workers filed three unfair labor practice charges against C&C. The last of these alleged that the company had unlawfully terminated twenty employees. The Board’s General Counsel issued a complaint which consolidated all three charges, alleging that C&C had violated § 8(a)(5) and (1) of the National Labor Relations Act (“NLRA”), 29 U.S.C. § 158 et seq. This appeal concerns only the unlawful termination charge. The parties reached a Formal Settlement Stipulation (“Settlement”) before the dispute went before the Board. The Settlement admitted C&C’s liability for the unlawful terminations, and provided for reinstatement and a certain amount of backpay for each employee. The Settlement was to become effective immediately upon approval by the Board, and C&C agreed to “immediately comply with the provisions of the order” upon Board approval. C&C also waived its right to contest this consent judgment. The Board approved the consent judgment on December 20, 2007, but C&C did not comply with its terms. Instead, C&C asserted that it could not lawfully comply with the judgment because it had evidence that many of the employees to be reinstated were unauthorized aliens, and therefore the company could not reinstate them without violating federal and state immigration laws. The Board’s General Counsel filed an application for enforcement with this court on January 23, 2008.