NLRB v. Ampersand Publishing, LLC

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS No. 21-71060

BOARD,

Petitioner, NLRB Nos. 31-CA-028589 v. 31-CA-028661 31-CA-028667

AMPERSAND PUBLISHING, LLC, 31-CA-028700

DBA Santa Barbara News-Press, 31-CA-028733 Respondent. 31-CA-028734 31-CA-028738 31-CA-028799 31-CA-028889 31-CA-028890 31-CA-028944 31-CA-029032 31-CA-029076 31-CA-029099 31-CA-029124

OPINION

On Petition for Review of an Order of the National Labor Relations Board

Argued and Submitted April 14, 2022 Pasadena, California Filed August 11, 2022

Before: Richard A. Paez, D. Brooks Smith, * and Bridget S. Bade, Circuit Judges.

Opinion by Judge Paez

SUMMARY **

National Labor Relations Boars / Fees

The panel granted the National Labor Relations Board’s petition for enforcement of its compliance order requiring an employer to reimburse a union for legal fees incurred during the collective bargaining process.

The Board found that the employer engaged in unusually aggravated misconduct sufficient to warrant more than a traditional remedy, and ordered the employer to…