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Transcript: History of CB Negotiations: majority support interest, and that the bargaining unit was "not appropriate." From 2012 to 2015, however, the Union made multiple attempts to restart negotiations. MTA allegedly told the Union that because Michigan had become a RTW state, they were no longer a union, as no union members were working for MTA.The Union filed an unfair labor practice charge, and the two parties entered into a settlement agreement with MTA agreeing to recognize the Union and bargain in good faith as a successor employer. The National Labor Relations Board general counsel was represented by Scott Preston, case number 07-CA-144521. The IUOE has served the Masonic Temple of Detroit, Michigan, since 1968. The 100 year-old building is the largest Masonic Temple in the world. The 500,000 sq. ft. building and adjacent 20-story tower houses meeting space for fraternal organizations, three ballrooms, banquet halls, and three theaters, one of which has 4,000 seats, and has presented concerts by Smokey Robinson, Bruce Springteen, The Beach Boys, Miles Davis, Lynyrd Skynyrd, B. B.King, and even Rappers Snoop Dogg and Gucci Mane. MTA claimed that it had delayed negotiations since 2011, because the building had passed through numerous owners. Subsequently, MTA was unable to bargain with IUOE until ownership had settled. However, Judge Dibble ruled that there was no evidence that employees were notified by MTA that there were management changes. Dibble found that 450 Temple was the "for-profit business arm" of the non-profit Masonic Temple Association, a single employer. Ownership From One Co. to Another Following the expiration of a previous collective bargaining agreement, the MTA of Detroit and 450 Temple Inc., failed to bargain in good faith despite the union's requests, said Administrative Law Judge Christine Dibble. In 2010, IUOE Local 324 sent MTA a written request to bargain a new CBA. At that time, there were 10 members in the bargaining unit, of which, only two were dues-paying members. By 2011, the Association still had not responded to the union's requests. MTA charged that the union had not maintained its Respondents MTA and 450 Temple, Inc. claimed that the enterprise has changed hands numerous times, and that Union should negotiate CBA with another employer; then denied that they are a single-integrated business enterprise and a single employer; claims that MTA/450 Inc. would never be a union employer because Michigan was now a Right-To-Work state "We Keep Michigan Running!" -Operating Engineers Local 324 Monday, April 10, 2017 $1 Majestic Masonic Temple NLRB Sides with Union In Bargaining Row with Detroit Masonic Temple About the International Operating Engineers Union, Detroit Local 324 NLRB found that MTA and 450 Inc. charged that MTA/450 Inc. failed to Bargain in Good Faith, as Section 8(a)(1) of the NLRA has common officers, offices, directors management, and supervision; shared common premises and facilities; provided services for and made sales to each other; interchanged personnel with each other Duties of National Labor Relations Board The Union is over 100 years old and provides value to workers, business, and communities through the construction of highways, bridges, buildings, arenas, and the maintanence of the complex temperature systems that support these structures. The union also builds and maintains water, sewer, and natural gas pipelines for the State and the City of Detroit's utility infrastructure. However, union membership also includes service workers in hospitals, Detroit's clerical workers, and hospitality workers in arts and entertainment venues throughout Detroit. Vol XCIII, No. 311 NEWSPAPER HEADLINE The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) ruled that the Detroit Masonic Temple and 450 Temple Incorporated, illegally refused to bargain with the International Union of Operating Engineers Local 324 which represents various engineers and maintenance workers, in VIOLATION of the National Labor Relations Act.