Geralex, Inc. d/b/a Geralex Janitorial Services

National Labor Relations Board - Board Decisions

Sep 12, 2013

13-RC-106888 (N.L.R.B. Sep. 12, 2013)

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
BEFORE THE NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD
GERALEX, INC., d/b/a GERALEX JANITORIAL SERVICES
Employer
and Case 13-RC-106888
SERVICE EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL
UNION, LOCAL 1
Petitioner
and
INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF
TEAMSTERS, LOCAL 727
Intervenor
ORDER
The Employer’s Request for Review of the Regional Director’s Decision and Direction of
Election is denied as it raises no substantial issues warranting review.1 The Regional Director’s
determination that Intervenor Local 727’s collective-bargaining agreement does not operate as a bar to
Petitioner Local 1’s representation petition, because Local 727 effectively disclaimed interest in
representing the Employer’s employees, is consistent with applicable precedent. See VFL Technology
Corp., 332 NLRB 1443, 1443 (2000).
MARK GASTON PEARCE, CHAIRMAN
PHILIP A. MISCIMARRA, MEMBER
KENT Y. HIROZAWA, MEMBER
Dated, Washington, D.C., September 12, 2013

1 Member Miscimarra joins in this order regarding the Regional Director’s determination that
the Employer’s workforce represented a “substantial and representative” complement of
employees. However, he would grant review and, for the reasons stated by Members Hurtgen
and Schaumber in VFL Technology Corp., 332 NLRB 1443, 1444-1445 (2000), and Garden
Manor Farms, Inc., 341 NLRB 192, 192-194 (2004), respectively, find that Intervenor Local
727’s collective-bargaining agreement operated as a bar to Petitioner Local 1’s representation
petition notwithstanding Local 727’s disclaimer of interest.