Rehearing Denied In Pension Reduction Case As Employer Files For Bankruptcy

Mealey's (October 15, 2020, 10:49 AM EDT) -- SAN FRANCISCO — A split Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel on Oct. 13 denied a marine painting and sandblasting company’s petition for rehearing after a split panel ruled that its reduction of pension payments without bargaining violated the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) and, on the same day, that the company filed notice of a pending Chapter 11 case (Delta Sandblasting Company, Inc. v. National Labor Relations Board, No. 18-73097, 9th Cir., 2020 U.S. App. LEXIS 32272)....