Barry County, Michigan

National Labor Relations Board - Unpublished Board Decisions

Dec 12, 2011

07-WH-000224 (N.L.R.B. Dec. 12, 2011)

Hastings, MI
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
BEFORE THE NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD
BARRY COUNTY CENTRAL
DISPATCH AUTHORITY
Employer
and Case 7-WH-224
GOVERNMENTAL EMPLOYEES
LABOR COUNCIL
Petitioner
CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVE AS BONA FIDE
UNDER SECTION 7(B) OF THE FAIR LABOR STANDARDS ACT OF 1938
On May 16, 2011, Governmental Employees Labor Council filed with the
Regional Director for Region 7 of the National Labor Relations Board a request for
certification of representative as bona fide under Section 7(b) of the Fair Labor
Standards Act of 1938 (FLSA), 29 U.S.C. Sec. 207(b).
On May 18, 2011, the Regional Director served on the parties a Notice to Show
Cause why the Board should not grant the request.1 No responses were filed. As the
Region’s investigation revealed that the Petitioner is the recognized collective-
bargaining representative of the unit employees,2 the Regional Director recommended
to the Board that the requested certification be issued.

1 The record indicates that the Employer posted the original Notice to Show
Cause at its facility from June 7, 2011 through June 17, 2011. Due to the
Employer’s delay in posting the original Notice, a second Notice was issued on
June 21, 2011, and was posted by the Employer from June 27, 2011 through
July 7, 2011.
2 The record indicates that the Employer is a public sector employer and has
recognized the Governmental Employees Labor Council as the collective-
bargaining representative of the employees in the unit. The parties’ current
contract agreement is effective from April 1, 2006 through March 31, 2011, and
2
No party having shown cause why a certification should not be issued, the
National Labor Relations Board hereby certifies that Governmental Employees Labor
Council is a bona fide representative, for purposes of Section 7(b) of the FLSA, of the
employees of Barry County Central Dispatch Authority in the following unit:3
All full-time non-supervisory telecommunications employees;
excluding all other employees including managerial,
supervisory, confidential, custodial, and clerical employees,
and casual and part-time employees.
Dated, Washington, D.C., December 12, 2011.
By direction of the Board:
Lester A. Heltzer
__________________________
Executive Secretary

the parties have agreed to extend the terms of the agreement until ratification of
a successor agreement.
3 A certificate of bona fide for purposes of the FLSA does not necessarily
establish the right of the organization so certified to be recognized as the
exclusive bargaining representative of employees within a particular bargaining
unit under the provisions of the National Labor Relations Act. See County of
Alameda, 322 NLRB 614 (1996).