The 61-page decision dated September 30, 2009 from the Administrative Law Judge on Pacific Beach ruled in favor of workers and the union, including:
- Hotel has to recognize the union and begin negotiations.
- All fired negotiating committee members have to be rehired with backpay.
- All negative unilateral changes — including closing of the Shogun restaurant and increase of housekeepers’ workload by 2 rooms per day — have to be reversed, with backpay for those affected.
- Hotel has to reimburse the union for all its expenses involved in preparing for and conducting negotiations from January 5, 2005 through December 1, 2007 — potentially a huge sum — plus pay the wages of rank and file negotiators for the time they spent in negotiations during this period.
- Hotel has to promise never to do any of this again.
- Hotel manager has to convene all the workers, in shift meetings, on the clock, to read this decision aloud to the employees, with an NLRB agent present to answer questions.
