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National Labor Relations Board - Board Decisions

Mar 18, 2016

32-RC-114542 (N.L.R.B. Mar. 18, 2016)

Oakland and Walnut Creek, CA
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
BEFORE THE NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD
CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL AND RESEARCH
CENTER OF OAKLAND, INC. D/B/A UCSF
BENIOFF CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL
OAKLAND
Employer
and
SERVICE EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL
UNION - UNITED HEALTHCARE
WORKERS-WEST
Petitioner
Case 32-RC-114542
and
NATIONAL UNION OF HEALTHCARE
WORKERS – CALIFORNIA NURSES
ASSOCIATION
Intervenor
DECISION AND CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVE
The National Labor Relations Board has considered objections to an election held
September 21, 2015, and the hearing officer's report recommending disposition of them.
The election was conducted pursuant to a Stipulated Election Agreement. The revised
tally of ballots shows 145 ballots cast for the Petitioner, 153 ballots cast for the Intervenor,
and 4 ballots cast against the participating labor organizations. There were 0 challenged
ballots, an insufficient number to affect the results.
2
No exceptions have been filed to the hearing officer's report within the time
provided. Accordingly, the Board adopts the hearing officer's findings and
recommendations, and finds that a certification of representative should be issued. 1
CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVE
IT IS CERTIFIED that a majority of the valid ballots have been cast for National
Union of Healthcare Workers - California Nurses Association and that it is the exclusive
collective-bargaining representative of the employees in the following appropriate unit:
All full-time and regular part-time CCSTs, Central Processing Techs I,
Central Processing Techs II, Critical Care Support Techs, Dishwashers,
Food Service Workers, Stores Clerks, Head Housekeeping Aides,
Housekeeping Aides, Functional Hospital Assistants, Linen Workers, LVNs,
Patient Care Assistants, Rehabilitation Aides, Ward Clerks, Cooks, Medical
Assistants, Clinical Lab Assistants I, Clinical Lab Assistants II, Clinical Lab
Assistants III, Research Lab Assistants I, Research Lab Assistants II,
Nuclear Med Techs, Sonographer Trainees, Sonographer Technician,
Dedicated Lab Sonographers I, Dedicated Lab Sonographers II,
ECG/Holter Techs, Lead Neuro Techs, Neuro Techs I, NeuroTechs II, EEG
Tech Trainees, RHITs I, RHITs II, Anesthesia Technician, OR Tech
Trainees, OR Techs, Respiratory Care Practitioners I, Respiratory Care
Practitioners II, RCP Transports, Equipment Technician, Pulmonary
Function Techs I , Pulmonary Function Techs II, Pulmonary Function
Techs III, Instrumentation Techs II, Dental Assistant, CSI Technician I and
II, Sleep Lab Respiratory Therapist; excluding all other employees, guards,
and supervisors as defined in the Act.
Dated, Washington, D.C., March 18, 2016.
By direction of the Board:
/s/ Farah Z. Qureshi
______________________________
Associate Executive Secretary

1 The hearing officer recommended overruling the Petitioner’s objections in their entirety.