Alton Memorial Hospital

National Labor Relations Board - Board Decisions

Jun 25, 1975

218 N.L.R.B. 856 (N.L.R.B. 1975)

856 DECISIONS OF NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD
Alton Memorial Hospital and Service and Hospital
Employees Union, Local Union No. 50, of the
Service Employees Internationial Union, AFL-
CIO-CLC, Petitioner. Case 14-RC-7831
June 25, 1975
DECISION ON REVIEW AND
DIRECTION OF ELECTION
BY CHAIRMAN MURPHY AND MEMBERS
JENKINs AND KENNEDY
On January 23, 1975, the Regional Director for
Region 14, issued a Decision and Direction of
Election in the above-entitled proceeding in which he
found appropriate the Petitioner's requested unit of
all dietary, housekeeping, laundry, central supply,
central stores, grounds, boilerroom helpers, TV
collectors and maintenance employees, excluding
licensed practical nurses, technicians, nurses aides,
orderlies, laboratory employees, office clerical and
professional employees, guards, supervisors, and all
other employees at the Employer's facilities. On
January 29, the Regional Director's Supplemental
Decision Amending Decision and Direction of
Election issued, adding Intervenor International
Brotherhood of Teamsters, Chauffeurs, Warehouse-
men and Helpers of America, Local Union No. 525,
as one of the choices in the election. Thereafter, in
accordance with Section 102.67 of the National
Labor Relations Board Rules and Regulations, Series
8, as amended, the Employer filed a timely request
for review of the Regional Director's Decision on the
grounds , inter alia, that in finding the,petitioned-for
unit appropriate he made erroneous findings as to
substantial factual issues and departed from officially
reported Board precedent. Employer submits that the
appropriate unit should be a "wall-to-wall" unit
which includes all nonprofessional employees.
The National Labor Relations Board, by telegraph-
ic order dated March 10, 1975, granted the request
for review and stayed the election pending Decision
on Review.
Pursuant to the provisions of Section 3(b) of the
National Labor Relations Act, as amended, the
1 As the unit found appropriate is broader than that originally petitioned
for by the Petitioner, the Regional Director shall determine whether the
National Labor Relations Board has, delegated its
authority in this proceeding to a three-member panel.
The Board has considered the entire record in the
proceeding with respect to the issues under review
and makes the following findings:
The Regional Director excluded from the unit he
found appropriate the nurses aides, orderlies, and
laboratory employees. For -the reasons set forth in
Mount Airy Foundation, d/b/a Mount Airy Psychiatric
Center, 217 NLRB No. 137 (1975), we shall include
the nurses aides, orderlies, and laboratory employees
in the unit found appropriate; for the reasons set
forth in Nathan and Miriam Barnert Memorial
Hospital Association d/b/a Barnert Memorial Hospital
Center, 217 NLRB No. 132 (1975), we shall exclude
the technical employees and the licensed practical
nurses. ^ `
The appropriate unit in this case is:
All regular full-time and part-time nonprofession-
al employees in the service and maintenance
functions, including dietary, housekeeping, laun-
dry, „central supply, ' central stores, grounds,
boilerroom helpers, TV collectors, maintenance
employees, nurses aides, orderlies, and laboratory
employees employed at Employer's Alton, Illi-
nois, facility, but excluding business office cleri-
cals, professional employees, technical employees,
licensed practical nurses , guards, and supervisors
as defined in the Act, and all other employees.
[Direction of Election 1 and Excelsior footnote
omitted from publication.]
MEMBER KENNEDY, dissenting:
For the reasons set forth in my dissent in Nathan
and Miriam Barnert Hospital Association, supra, I also
dissent in this case. I would not find appropriate a
service and maintenance unit which excludes techni-
cal employees and licensed practical nurses, but
rather I r would find the appropriate unit to be all
service and maintenance employees including techni-
cal employees and licensed practical nurses, but
excluding business office clericals and all other
employees.
showing of interest is sufficient before proceeding with the election.
218 NLRB No. 149