The Legal Environment of Business: Text and Cases (MindTap Course List)
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Author: Frank B. Cross, Roger LeRoy Miller
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Chapter 22, Problem 1BS
Summary Introduction
Case summary: The employees of company C rejected the labor union. The labor union of company C alleged that bonus allowance and increase in employee wages before the union election had unfairly prejudiced their vote.
To explain : The increment of wages as an unfair labor practice.
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