A quartet of Wolf Creek employees have apparently won a lengthy battle with the plant to be represented by a labor union.
A recent ruling by the US Court of Appeals says Wolf Creek used unfair labor practices during a dispute with four plant workers who sought representation by the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 225 in Burlington. The union listed the employees as buyers or supplies purchasers, while Wolf Creek said they were managerial employees and were thus ineligible to join the union.
The case developed in 2016 and went to the National Labor Relations Board, which said Wolf Creek refused to negotiate with the union and a change in circumstances after a similar situation in 2000 led to the decision that the four employees were indeed nonmanagerial workers. The case then went to the US Court of Appeals after Wolf Creek objected and the Labor Relations Board sought formal action by the courts supporting its enforcement decision.
The appellate court supported the Labor Relations Board’s decision, granting the application for enforcement after saying the board “correctly interpreted and applied the law” and “its factual findings are supported by substantial evidence in the record as a whole.”
