Press Democrat Publishing Co., Times Herald, Inc., Amphlett Printing Company, and Brown Newspaper Publishing Co., Inc. v. National Labor Relations Board, San Francisco-Oakland Newspaper Guild, Local 52, the Newspaper Guild, Afl-Cio v. National Labor Relations Board

629 F.2d 1320 105 L.R.R.M. (BNA) 3046 , 89 Lab.Cas. P 12,320 PRESS DEMOCRAT PUBLISHING CO., Times Herald, Inc., Amphlett Printing Company, and Brown Newspaper Publishing Co., Inc., Petitioners, v. NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD, Respondent. SAN FRANCISCO-OAKLAND NEWSPAPER GUILD, LOCAL 52, the Newspaper Guild, AFL-CIO, Petitioner, v. NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD, Respondent. Nos. 79-7086 to 79-7089 and 79-7158 to 79-7161. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted July 10, 1980. Decided Oct. 8, 1980. James E. Boddy, Jr., Irwin Leff, San Francisco, Cal., argued, for petitioners; James C. Paras, Irwin Leff, San Francisco, Cal., on brief. W. Christian Schumann, NLRB, Washington, D. C., argued, for respondent; Elliott Moore, Washington, D. C., on brief. Petitions for Review and Cross-Applications for Enforcement of Orders of National Labor Relations Board. Before WRIGHT, KENNEDY and POOLE, Circuit Judges. POOLE, Circuit Judge. 1 At issue here are four decisions of the National Labor Relations Board (the Board) involving nearly identical factual and legal questions. The dispute concerns the editorial departments of four publishing companies: Press Democrat…