Opinion ID: 715784
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Heading: The Extension Agreement and Local 100's First Employee Petition

Text: 8 Although there were no formal negotiations between Katz's and Local 100 after the March 25 session, it is undisputed that on March 30--the day the contract was to expire--Lynch came to Katz's and approached Dell about signing an agreement to extend the contract until April 10. In exchange for signing the extension agreement, Dell obtained concessions from Lynch regarding some of the unresolved wage and benefit terms that would be included in any new contract. Nevertheless, several contract terms remained unresolved. 9 After negotiating the extension agreement, Lynch discussed the contract negotiations with the Katz's employees who were present at the restaurant. Katz's and the NLRB offer very different versions of Lynch's meetings with the employees that day. According to Lynch, he drafted a handwritten document (employee petition) with the question, Katz's Deli Contract Ratification Vote: Are you in agreement with the boss's last offer? written above two columns marked YES and NO. Lynch further testified that he used Spanish-speaking employees as translators and met with small groups of employees, informing them that Katz's and Local 100 had reached a contract agreement that would give the employees better benefits, but that the new contract did not include a pay raise. Lynch also admits telling the employees that Local 100 would call a strike if they did not approve the contract by signing the employee petition. Twenty-two employees signed under the YES column, and no one signed under the NO column. 10 Several Katz's employees offered a different view of their meeting with Lynch on March 30. They testified that Lynch told them that an agreement had been reached with Katz's, but that he did not tell them any of the terms of the agreement, nor did he present a final offer in writing. Several employees also testified that Lynch presented them with a blank piece of paper to sign or that they did not know what they were signing. According to the employees, Lynch told them that if they did not sign the paper, they would have to go on strike and would lose their jobs and their pensions. 11