Nelson v. Plumbers And Pipefitters Local No. 32
Opinion
Opinion
35 F.3d 491 147 L.R.R.M. (BNA) 2697 , 129 Lab.Cas. P 11,218 John D. NELSON, Regional Director of the Nineteenth Region of the National Labor Relations Board, for and on behalf of the NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. PLUMBERS AND PIPEFITTERS LOCAL NO. 32; United Association of Journeymen and Apprentices of the Plumbing and Pipe Fitting Industry of the United States and Canada, AFL-CIO, Defendants-Appellants. No. 92-36543. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Dec. 16, 1993. Decided Oct. 5, 1994. Hugh Hafer, Hafer, Price, Rinehart & Roblee, Seattle, WA, for defendants-appellants. Elinor L. Merberg, N.L.R.B., Washington, DC, for plaintiff-appellee. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington. Before: BROWNING, NORRIS, and O'SCANNLAIN, Circuit Judges. O'SCANNLAIN, Circuit Judge: 1 We must decide whether an outside union may continue picketing once an employer has agreed to end its support of a "sweetheart" union. 2 * Robert E. Bayley Construction, Inc. ("Bayley"), the general contractor for a project at Pier 69 in Seattle, had hired eight subcontractors on the site, including Olympic…