District Court, E.D. Kentucky June 13, 2011, 5:09-misc-05008 (United Steel, Paper & Forestry, Rubber, Manufacturing, Energy, Allied Industrial & Service Workers International Union v. Kentucky West Virginia Gas Co.)

MEMORANDUM OPINION & ORDER

AMUL R. THAPAR, District Judge.

With two exceptions, the National Labor Relations Act forbids bargaining with a union that does not represent a majority of the employees in an “appropriate” bargaining unit. In this case, the employees in a union-represented bargaining unit have

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been split up between two subsidiaries.