Case: NLRB v. Whitesell Corp. 638 F.3d 883 (8th Cir. 2011) - Opinion by circuit judge Shepherd:
CASE QUESTIONS
1. What were the legal issues in this case? What did the courts decide?
2. Why was it concluded that a valid impasse did not exist at the time that the employer ceased to negotiate? Since the employer wanted to eliminate the just cause provision in the contract and the union said that it would never agree to that, why wasn't that fact alone enough to show the existence of an impasse?
3. So, what happens now? What if the parties still cannot come to agreement?
4. What specific things should this employer have done differently to avoid the outcome in this case?