CROW WING COUNTY

National Labor Relations Board - Board Decisions

Jul 20, 2016

18-WH-170071 (N.L.R.B. Jul. 20, 2016)

Brainerd, MN
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
BEFORE THE NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD
CROW WING COUNTY
Employer
and Case 18-WH-170071
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 February 22, 2016, Law Enforcement Labor Services, Inc. (the Petitioner)
filed with the Regional Director for Region 18 of the National Labor Relations Board a
request for certification of representative as a bona fide under Section 7(b) of the Fair
Labor Standards Act of 1938 (FLSA), 29 U.S.C. § 207(b).
On May 4, 2016, the Regional Director 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, the Regional Director recommended to
the Board that the requested certification be issued.
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No party having shown cause why the requested certification should not be
issued, the National Labor Relations Board hereby certifies that Law Enforcement Labor

1
The record indicates that the Employer is a public sector employer, and that the
State of Minnesota Bureau of Mediation Services issued a Unit Clarification Order
on December 7, 2011, establishing the Petitioner as the exclusive bargaining
representative of the employees in the clarified unit. The record also indicates that
the parties have entered into a collective-bargaining agreement, effective by its
terms from January 1, 2014 through December 31, 2016.
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Services, Inc. is a bona fide representative, for purposes of Section 7(b) of the FLSA, of
the employees of Crow Wing County in the following unit:
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All 911 Communication Officers employed by the Crow Wing County
Sheriff’s Department, Brainerd, Minnesota, who are public employees
within the meaning of Minn. Stat. 179A.03, subd. 14, excluding
supervisory, confidential and all other employees.
Dated, Washington, D.C., July 20, 2016.
By direction of the Board:
Gary Shinners
__________________________
Executive Secretary

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).