City of St. Louis Park, Minnesota

National Labor Relations Board - Unpublished Board Decisions

Dec 22, 2010

18-WH-000020 (N.L.R.B. Dec. 22, 2010)

St. Louis Park, MN
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
BEFORE THE NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD
CITY OF ST. LOUIS PARK, MINNESOTA
Employer
and Case 18-WH-20
LAW ENFORCEMENT LABOR SERVICES, INC.
Petitioner
CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVE AS BONA FIDE
UNDER SECTION 7(B) OF THE FAIR LABOR STANDARDS ACT OF 1938
On October 27, 2010, Law Enforcement Labor Services, Inc. filed with the
Regional Director for Region 18 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 November 3, 2010, the Regional Director served on the parties an Order to
Show Cause why the Board should not grant the request. No response was filed. As
the Region’s investigation revealed that the Union is the recognized collective-
bargaining representative of the unit employees,1 the Regional Director recommended
to the Board that a certification be issued.
No party having shown cause why a certification should not be issued, the
National Labor Relations Board certifies that Law Enforcement Labor Services, Inc. is a

1 The record indicates that on August 30, 1996, the State of Minnesota Bureau of
Mediation Services issued a Certification of Exclusive Representative certifying
the Petitioner as the exclusive bargaining representative of the unit employees.
In addition, the record includes a copy of the parties’ collective-bargaining
agreement, effective from January 1, 2008 through December 31, 2010.
bona fide representative, for purposes of Section 7(b) of the FLSA, of the employees of
the City of St. Louis Park, Minnesota in the following unit:2
All full time employees in the positions of Public Safety Dispatcher and
Community Service Officer employed by the Police Department of the City
of St. Louis Park, Minnesota, who are public employees within the
meaning of Minn. Stat. 179A.03, subd. 14, excluding the positions of
Cadet, all secretarial positions and all other supervisory, confidential
employees.
Dated, Washington, D.C., December 22, 2010.
By direction of the Board:
Lester A. Heltzer
__________________________
Executive Secretary

2 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).