2 National Labor Relations Act: Law & Practice § 12.07

Summary

• [1] Generally

   

  With limited exceptions, both parties must, upon request of the other, furnish information relevant to the administration or negotiation of a collective bargaining agreement.

  With limited exceptions, discussed below, information in the possession of an employer that is relevant to the administration or negotiation of a collective bargaining agreement must be disclosed to the union upon request.1 The union bears a reciprocal obligation.2 As the D.C. Circuit stated:

  The duty to disclose relevant information applies not only in the negotiation of a collective bargaining agreement, but in its administration as well[,]3