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                                                                         United States Court of Appeals
                                                                                 Tenth Circuit
                        UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
                                                                                 MAR 7 1997
                               FOR THE TENTH CIRCUIT
                                  ________________                          PATRICK FISHER
                                                                                     Clerk
BLUE CIRCLE CEMENT                           *
COMPANY, INC.,                               *
                                             *
     Petitioner/Cross-Respondent,            *
                                             *
v.                                           *                   No. 96-9503
                                             *              (NLRB Nos. 17-CA-16104
NATIONAL LABOR                               *                 and 17-CA-16279)
RELATIONS BOARD,                             *
                                             *
     Respondent/Cross-Petitioner.            *

                                    __________________

                                       JUDGMENT*
                                    __________________

Before KELLY, HOLLOWAY and WEIS,** Circuit Judges.
                         __________________

        THIS CAUSE came on to be heard upon a petition filed by Blue Circle Cement

Company, Inc., to review an order of the National Labor Relations Board in Board Case

Nos. 17-CA-16104 and 17-CA-16279, issued on December 14, 1995, and upon a cross-

application filed by the National Labor Relations Board to enforce said Order. The Court

heard argument of respective counsel on November 19, 1996, and has considered the

briefs and transcript of record filed in this case. On January 24, 1997, the Court, being

        *
              Pursuant to Fed.R.App.P. 19.
        **
              The Honorable Joseph F. Weis, Jr., United States Senior Circuit Judge for
the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, sitting by designation.
fully advised in the premises, handed down its opinion granting in part and denying in

part enforcement of an Order of the Board. In conformity therewith, and in the absence

of comment from Petitioner, it is hereby:

      ORDERED AND ADJUDGED by the Court that Petitioner, Blue Circle Cement

Company, Inc., Tulsa, Oklahoma, its officers, agents, successors, and assigns, shall:

      1.     Cease and desist from:

      (a)    Refusing to bargain in good faith with the Union as the exclusive

representative of its employees with respect to rates of pay, wages, hours of employment,

and other terms and conditions of employment, in an appropriate unit consisting of:

             All production and maintenance employees employed at the
             Petitioner’s Tulsa, Oklahoma plant, but excluding plant
             executives, professional engineers, machine shop foremen,
             oiling supervisor, electrical foreman, instrumentation
             engineer, guards, watchmen, and supervisors as defined in the
             National Labor Relations Act, as amended.

      (b)    Making unilateral changes in the break schedule, the policy governing the

scheduling of vacations, or work schedules, without prior notice to or bargaining with the

Union as the exclusive representative of the bargaining unit described above.

      (c)    Dealing directly with employees in the unit described above with respect to

their rates of pay, wages, hours, or other terms and conditions of employment.

      2.     Take the following affirmative action necessary to effectuate the policies of

the Act:

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              (a)    Notify and give the Union an opportunity to bargain about any

changes in the schedule of breaks during plant shutdowns, the scheduling of vacations,

and the work schedule of the first shift of the maintenance department.

              (b)    On the Union’s request, rescind the break schedule promulgated

during the 1992 plant shutdown period.

              (c)    On the Union’s request, rescind the vacation scheduling policy

promulgated for bargaining unit employees, on or about March 1, 1992.

              (d)    On the Union’s request, rescind the 11:00 p.m. starting time of the

maintenance department’s first shift, and restore the 12:01 a.m. starting time.

              (e)    Preserve and, on request, make available to the Board or its agents

for examination and copying, all payroll records, social security payment records,

timecards, personnel records and reports, and all other records necessary to analyze the

amount of backpay due under the terms of this Judgment.

              (f)    Post at its plant in Tulsa, Oklahoma, copies of the attached notice

marked “Appendix.” Copies of the notice, on forms provided by the Regional Director

for Region 17 of the National Labor Relations Board (Overland Park, Kansas), after being

signed by the Petitioner’s authorized representative, shall be posted by Petitioner

immediately upon receipt and maintained for 60 consecutive days in conspicuous places

including all places where notices to employees are customarily posted. Reasonable steps

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shall be taken by Petitioner to ensure that the notices are not altered, defaced, or covered

by any other material.

              (g)    Notify the said Regional Director, in writing, within 20 days from

the date of this Judgment, of what steps Petitioner has taken to comply.

       IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that each party shall bear its own costs.

                                           Entered for the Court

                                           Joseph F. Weis, Jr.
                                           Circuit Judge

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                             APPENDIX

                 NOTICE TO EMPLOYEES
          POSTED PURSUANT TO A JUDGMENT OF
          THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
         ENFORCING AN ORDER OF THE NATIONAL
                LABOR RELATIONS BOARD

            An Agency of the United States Government

The National Labor Relations Board has found that we violated the
National Labor Relations Act and has ordered us to post and abide by
this notice.

Section 7 of the Act gives employees these rights.

         To organize
         To form, join, or assist any union
         To bargain collectively through representatives of their own
choice
         To choose not to engage in any of these concerted activities.

       WE WILL NOT refuse to bargain in good faith with United
Cement, Lime, Gypsum & Allied Workers Division, International
Brotherhood of Boilermakers, Iron Ship Builders, Forgers and
Helpers, AFL-CIO, Local D421 as the exclusive representative of
our employees with respect to rates of pay, wages, hours of
employment, and other terms and conditions of employment, in
an appropriate unit consisting of:

         All production and maintenance employees
         employed at our Tulsa, Oklahoma plant, but
         excluding plant executives, professional
         engineers, machine shop foremen, oiling
         supervisor, electrical foreman, instrumentation
         engineer, guards, watchmen, and supervisors as
         defined in the National Labor Relations Act, as
         amended.

         WE WILL NOT make unilateral changes in the break
schedule, the policy governing the scheduling of vacations, or
work schedules, without prior notice to or bargaining with the
Union as the exclusive representative of the bargaining unit
described above.
       WE WILL NOT deal directly with our employees in the
unit described above with respect to their rates of pay, wages,
hours, or other terms and conditions of employment.

        WE WILL notify and give the Union an opportunity to
bargain about any changes in the schedule of breaks during plant
shutdowns, the scheduling of vacations, and the work schedule
of the first shift of the maintenance department.

      WE WILL, on the Union’s request, rescind the break
schedule promulgated during the 1992 plant shutdown period.

      WE WILL, on the Union’s request, rescind the vacation
scheduling policy promulgated on or about March 1, 1992.

        WE WILL, on the Union’s request, rescind the 11 p.m.
starting time of the maintenance department’s first shift, and
restore the 12:01 a.m. starting time.

        BLUE CIRCLE CEMENT COMPANY, INC.