National Labor Relations Board v. Fluid Transport, Inc.

77 F.3d 489 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD, Petitioner, v. FLUID TRANSPORT, INC., Respondent. No. 94-70285. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Submitted Jan. 11, 1996. * Decided Feb. 12, 1996. Before: BRIGHT, ** NORRIS, and WIGGINS, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM *** 2 The National Labor Relations Board ("NLRB") applies for enforcement of its March 31, 1994 decision, ordering Fluid Transport, Inc. ("Fluid"), a Southern California trucking company, to bargain collectively with Steel, Paper House, Chemical Drivers and Helpers, Local 578, International Brotherhood of Teamsters, AFL-CIO ("the Union"), as the representative of the drivers, truck loaders and washers, and maintenance employees of Fluid. We grant the application for enforcement. PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND 3 On May 5, 1993, thirteen of eighteen eligible Fluid employees voted in favor of the Union as the bargaining representative of the employees. Fluid filed…