3rd Circuit:  Employer’s Letter Disavowing CBA Ended The Contract

Mealey's (March 30, 2020, 1:31 PM EDT) -- PHILADELPHIA — A newspaper company’s letter to the union representing its employees stating its intention to disavow the collective bargaining agreement (CBA) when it expired was clear, so the trial court erred when it found that an implied-in-fact contract existed as it expired and granted the union’s request for a preliminary injunction requiring the employer to maintain the status quo under the CBA, a Third Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel ruled March 25 (Newspaper, Newsprint, Magazine and Film Delivery Drivers, Helpers and Handlers, International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Local Union No. 211 v. PG Publishing Co., Inc., No. 19-3966, 3rd Cir., 2020 U.S. App. LEXIS 9318)....