National Labor Relations Board v. Southern Florida Hotel and Motel Association and Its Employer Members

TJOFLAT, Circuit Judge: On Christmas Day in 1976, the Hotel, Motel, Restaurant and Hi-Rise Employees and Bartenders Union, Local 355, AFL-CIO (Union) called a strike and established picket lines at several Miami Beach hotels. The Union's collective bargaining agreement with the hotels had expired on September 26, 1976, and contract negotiations between the Union and the hotels' bargaining representative, Southern Florida Hotel & Motel Association (Association), had collapsed. The parties soon reached an accord, however, and the strike was called off on January 14, 1977, when the Union members ratified the new contract.