NLRB judge rules in favor of UMWA at Willow Lake

摘要

On Dec. 2, Jeffrey E. Wedekind, a National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) ruled that objections filed by Peabody Energy subsidiary Big Ridge Coal Co. to a representation election held last May were "without merit," and ruled that the UMWA should be certified as the "employees' properly elected exclusive collective bargaining representative."Wedekind also found that "by threatening employees with mine closure, job loss and other unspecified reprisals if or because the employees supported the UWMA...the Employer has engaged in unfair labor practices."