Cook County

National Labor Relations Board - Board Decisions

Mar 9, 2018

18-WH-209741 (N.L.R.B. Mar. 9, 2018)

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
BEFORE THE NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD
COOK COUNTY
Employer
and Case 18-WH-209741
LAW ENFORCEMENT LABOR
SERVICES, INC., LOCAL #348
Petitioner
CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVE AS BONA FIDE
UNDER SECTION 7(B) OF THE FAIR LABOR STANDARDS ACT OF 1938
On November 13, 2017, Law Enforcement Labor Services, Inc., Local #348, 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. § 207(b).
On November 20, 2017, the Regional Director for Region 18 served on the
parties a Notice to Show Cause why the Board should not grant the request. No
response was filed. As the Region’s investigation revealed that the Petitioner is the
recognized exclusive collective-bargaining representative of the unit employees,
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the
Regional Director recommended to the Board that the requested certification be issued.
No party having shown cause why the requested certification should not be
issued, the National Labor Relations Board certifies that Law Enforcement Labor

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The record indicates that the Employer is a public sector employer, and that the
Employer and the Petitioner have been parties to a collective-bargaining agreement
effective by its terms from January 1, 2016 through December 31, 2017. In addition, the
record includes a copy of the Certification of Representative issued by the State of
Minnesota’s Bureau of Mediation Services indicating that the Petitioner is the certified
representative of the unit employees.
Services, Inc., Local #348, is a bona fide representative, for purposes of Section 7(b) of
the FLSA, of the employees of Cook County in the following unit:
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All essential employees of the Cook County Sheriff's Department, Grand
Marais, Minnesota who are public employees within the meaning of Minn.
Stat. 179A 03, subd. 14, excluding supervisory and confidential
employees.
Dated, Washington, D.C., March 9, 2018
By direction of the Board:
Gary Shinners
Executive Secretary

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A certificate of representative as 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).