Law360, New York (July 02, 2009) -- A federal appeals court has affirmed a judge's order that Massey Energy Co. must rehire union miners who lost their jobs when it acquired a bankrupt rival in 2004, but that it does not have to negotiate with a union pending an appeal of a National Labor Relations Board decision.
On Wednesday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit affirmed a district judge's order partially granting an injunction to the NLRB, rejecting Massey's appeal and the NLRB's cross-appeal....
