Municipal Light and Power

National Labor Relations Board - Unpublished Board Decisions

Jun 3, 2011

19-WH-000011 (N.L.R.B. Jun. 3, 2011)

Anchorage, AK
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
BEFORE THE NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD
MUNICIPAL LIGHT & POWER
Employer
and Case 19-WH-00011
INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF ELECTRICAL
WORKERS, LOCAL 1547, AFL-CIO
Petitioner
CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVE AS BONA FIDE
UNDER SECTION 7(B) OF THE FAIR LABOR STANDARDS ACT OF 1938
On March 4, 2011, International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Local 1547,
AFL-CIO filed with the Regional Director for Region 19 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 March 10, 2011, the Regional Director served on the parties an Order to
Show Cause why the Board should not grant the request. On March 22, 2011, the
Employer filed a Notice of Non-Opposition. No other responses were filed. As the
Region’s investigation revealed that the Union is recognized as the exclusive 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 the International Brotherhood of Electrical
Workers, Local 1547, AFL-CIO, is a bona fide representative for purposes of Section

1 The recognition is embodied in the terms of the parties’ current collective-
bargaining agreement, which is effective by its terms from October 1, 2008
through October 31, 2013.
2
7(b) of the FLSA, of the employees of Municipal Light & Power in the following
classifications:2
Line Foreman, Service Foreman, Cable Splicer, Loopwagon Leadman,
Journeyman Lineman, Cut-In/Cut-Out Lineman, Inspector, Apprentice
Lineman, Working Mechanic Foreman, Journeyman Mechanic,
Journeyman Mechanic/Welder, Vehicle Mechanic Helper, Vehicle Fueler,
Relay/Substation Working Foreman, Relay/Substation Leadman,
Relay/Substation Technician, Transformer Foreman, Transformer
Journeyman, Working Meter Foreman, Meterman Leadman, Journeyman
Meterman, Meterman Trainee, Head Warehouseman, Assistant
Warehouseman, Warehouseman Trainee, Electronics/Communications
Technician, Electronics/Communications Senior Technician,
Electronics/Communications Foreman, Utility Electrician, Journeymen
Facility Maintenance Technician, Maintenance Technician, Power
Dispatcher, Power Dispatcher Trainee, Generation Plant Foreman,
Generation Mechanic Foreman, Generation Electrical Foreman,
Journeyman Operator/Mechanical, Journeyman Operator/Electrical,
Operator/Mechanic Trainee, Generation Design Technician, Generation
Technician, Accountant, Junior Accountant, Utility Technical Assistant,
Customer Service Specialist, Credit Representative I, Credit
Representative II, Utility Account Representative I, Utility Account
Representative II, Utility Account Representative III, Utility Account
Representative IV, Utility Account Specialist, Senior Clerk, Junior Clerk,
Junior Clerk Trainee, Meter Reader Leadmen, Senior Engineer, Senior
Engineer, P.E. Licensed, Senior ROW/Cadastral Engineer, Associate
Engineer-Grandfathered, Associate Engineer w/PE, CPR Engineer,
Surveying Engineer, Locator, Service Design & Extension Coordinator,
Engineer in Training, Engineering Assistant V, Engineering Assistant IV,
Engineering Assistant III, Engineering Assistant II, Engineering Assistant I,
Temporary Student Aide, Chief Steward, Electronics/Communications,
Technical Trainee, Public Works employees including: Electronics
Foreman, Electronics Technician, Leadman, Senior Electronics
Technician, Electronics Technician, Radio Installer I, Radio Installer II,
Radio Installer III, Paint & Sign Foreman, Paint Repair Foreman, Paint &
Sign Leadman, Warehouseman/Storekeeper, Paint & Sign Technician III,
Paint & Sign Technician II, Paint & Sign Technician I, Technical Assistant,
Senior Shop Clerk, and Junior Shop Clerk; Facility Maintenance &
Development Service employees including: Journeymen Wireman,

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).
3
Foremen, Journeymen Carpenter, Electrical Inspector Foremen, Electrical
Inspector, Structure Inspector Foremen, Structure Inspector, Elevator
Inspector; and Neighborhoods employees including: Leadmen Weather
Worker and Weather Worker.
Dated, Washington, D.C., June 3, 2011.
By direction of the Board:
Lester A. Heltzer
__________________________
Executive Secretary