NLRB OKs unfair labor practices case settlement involving Smith company
The National Labor Relations Board has approved a $3.6 million settlement that resolves an unfair labor practice case involving a Smith Township company that fabricates metal.
The settlement was reached after an administrative law judge found that Langeloth Metallurgical Company unlawfully failed to reinstate or delayed reinstating about 60 employees after a strike that lasted almost two years ended in August 2021.
Under the terms of the agreement, 51 of the 60 onetime striking workers will receive back pay, contributions to their 401(k) that were missed, interest, and compensation for taxes associated with lump-sum payments. The company also agreed to correct seniority dates for vacation accrual, and remove from employee files any reference to it failure to reinstate them.
Nancy Wilson, the NLRB’s regional director, said in a news release, “By choosing to resolve this matter through settlement rather than years of continued litigation, the parties achieved a fair and meaningful outcome that provides substantial relief to the affected employees while bringing finality to a dispute that has been ongoing for several years.”
The workers were represented by the United Automobile, Aerospace and Agricultural Implement Workers of America (UAW).