Most recently, on June 27, 2025, the D.C. Circuit upheld an NLRB ruling that George Washington University Hospital (“Hospital”) engaged in bad-faith bargaining during its 2016 to 2018 negotiations with 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East (“Union”). The three-judge panel unanimously upheld the NLRB’s 2024 determination that the Hospital’s conduct—centered around three core proposals—amounted to unlawful surface bargaining in violation of Sections 8(a)(1) and 8(a)(5) of the ...