Opinion ID: 613557
Heading Depth: 3
Heading Rank: 2

Heading: Hacienda II and LJEB II

Text: On remand, the Board abandoned its reliance on Bethlehem Steel but again affirmed the ALJ's dismissal, in another split decision, on the ground that the CBAs contained an express waiver of the right to continued dues-checkoff past the expiration of the CBA. Hacienda Hotel, Inc. Gaming Corp. ( Hacienda II ), 351 N.L.R.B. 504, 505 (2007). [5] The Union petitioned for review and we concluded that there was simply no clear and unmistakable waiver. Local Joint Exec. Bd. of Las Vegas v. NLRB ( LJEB II ), 540 F.3d 1072, 1075 (9th Cir.2008). We granted the Union's petition, vacated the Board's decision, and remanded the case to the Board for a second time. Id. Noting that [t]he Board is the appropriate body for developing and applying national labor policy, we directed the Board to either explain the rule it adopted in Hacienda I, or abandon Hacienda I to adopt a different rule and present a reasoned explanation to support it. Id. at 1082. We explained that the question squarely in front of the Board is whether dues-checkoff in right-to-work states is subject to unilateral change, or whether, under such circumstances, dues-checkoff is a mandatory subject of bargaining. Id.