National Labor Relations Board v. Anchorage Times Publishing Co.

The National Labor Relations Board (“the Board”) petitions for enforcement of its order against the Anchorage Times Publishing Co. (“the Company” or “the Times”), reported at 237 N.L.R.B. No. 78 (1978). We hold that substantial evidence supports all of the Board’s unfair labor practice findings and, accordingly, enforce the Board’s chosen remedies, including a bargaining order.

I. BACKGROUND

The Times is Alaska’s largest newspaper publishing company, with its primary offices located in a single building in downtown Anchorage. During the relevant period, the Times employed approximately 280 employees in five departments.

During the late summer of 1976, several employees in the editorial department (the newsroom) initiated meetings between high level management officials and newsroom employees to discuss wages and working conditions. Dissatisfied with the results of these meetings, a group of employees sought to find a union willing to represent the Times employees in the accounting, advertising, circulation, and editorial departments. To this end they met with William Coleman, a representative of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Local 1547 AFL-CIO (“the…