Court Opinion

ID: 9457952
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-04 20:39:16.237739+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:35:35.455150
License: Public Domain

WILLIAM M. BYRNE
(concurring):
I concur in the result.
Although an employer has the “general obligation” of providing the Union relevant information in order that it may effectively represent the unit employees, N. L. R. B. v. Acme Industrial Co., 385 U.S. 432, 435-436, 87 S.Ct. 565, 17 L.Ed.2d 495 (1967), each case rests upon its own facts, “whether or not under the circumstances * * * the statutory obligation to bargain in good faith has been met.” N. L. R. B. v. Truitt Manufacturing Co., 351 U.S. 149, 153-154, 76 S.Ct. 753, 756, 100 L.Ed. 1027 (1956).
I agree with the Trial Examiner that, under the circumstances as shown by the *621evidence in this case, including the General Counsel’s admission that the Union had not offered any assurance that confidentiality of the list would or could be maintained, the Company’s fear of harassment of non-union employees, reasonably justified its refusal to supply the list requested by the Union.