County of LeelanauDownload PDFNational Labor Relations Board - Unpublished Board DecisionsDec 12, 201707-WH-207016 (N.L.R.B. Dec. 12, 2017) Copy Citation UNITED STATES OF AMERICA BEFORE THE NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD COUNTY OF LEELANAU Employer and Case 07-WH-207016 POLICE OFFICERS ASSOCIATION OF MICHIGAN (POAM) Petitioner CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVE AS BONA FIDE UNDER SECTION 7(B) OF THE FAIR LABOR STANDARDS ACT OF 1938 On September 28, 2017, Police Officers Association of Michigan (POAM) (the Petitioner) 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. § 207(b). On October 18, 2017, the Regional Director for Region 7 served on the parties a Notice to Show Cause why the Board should not grant the request. On October 20, 2017, the Employer submitted a response, stipulating and concurring in the Petitioner’s request for bona fide certification. As the Region’s investigation revealed that the Petitioner is the recognized exclusive collective-bargaining representative of the unit employees, 1 the Regional Director recommended to the Board that the requested certification be issued. 1 The record reveals that the Michigan Employment Relations Commission issued a Certification of Representative on April 4, 2017, certifying POAM as the exclusive bargaining representative of the employees in the unit and that the parties are bound to a collective-bargaining agreement effective by its terms from August 15, 2017 through No party having shown cause why the requested certification should not be issued, the National Labor Relations Board certifies that Police Officers Association of Michigan (POAM) is a bona fide representative, for purposes of Section 7(b) of the FLSA, of the employees of the County of Leelanau, Michigan in the following unit: 2 All 911 Dispatchers employed by Leelanau County, excluding 911 Director, 911 Assistant Director, Supervisors and all other employees Dated, Washington, D.C., December 12, 2017 By direction of the Board: Roxanne Rothschild Deputy Executive Secretary December 31, 2017. The record further indicates that the parties have reached a tentative agreement for a new contract and are in the process of ratification. 2 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). Copy with citationCopy as parenthetical citation