3rd Circuit: Newspaper’s Shift Guarantee Stopped When CBA Ended

(October 11, 2023, 7:48 PM EDT) -- PHILADELPHIA — A shift guarantee for certain paper handlers employed by a Pennsylvania newspaper contained in collective bargaining agreement (CBA) was not “part of the post-expiration status quo,” but the National Labor Relations Board must still determine on remand whether the newspaper “engaged in adequate effects bargaining,” a Third Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel ruled, granting the newspaper’s petition for review of an NLRB ruling and remanding for further consideration....