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National Labor Relations Board - Unpublished Board Decisions

Feb 27, 2015

05-RD-143548 (N.L.R.B. Feb. 27, 2015)

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
BEFORE THE NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD
MVM, INC.
Employer
and Case 05-RD-143548
OBAFEMI ALOBA
Petitioner
and
UNITED SECURITY & POLICE OFFICERS OF
AMERICA (USPOA)
Union
and
NATIONAL LEAGUE OF JUSTICE AND SECURITY
PROFESSIONALS
Intervenor
and
INTERNATIONAL UNION, SECURITY, POLICE
AND FIRE PROFESSIONALS OF AMERICA
(SPFPA)
Intervenor
ORDER
The Union’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 Union’s request for

1 In denying review, we do not rely on the Regional Director’s finding that USPOA waived the
right to contest the intervention of NLJSP.
Member Johnson notes that USPOA is not precluded from filing objections to the election
asserting that the inclusion of Intervenors in this decertification proceeding created confusion
among unit employees. See, e.g., The Humane Society for Seattle, 356 NLRB No. 13 (2010)
(election set aside where the Board found strong evidence of employee confusion over the
identity of the organization seeking representative status). To the extent that USPOA asserts that
the ballot is confusing to employees based on their difficulty in understanding English, however,
2
special permission to appeal the Regional Director’s determination regarding the sufficiency of
the Intervenors’ showings of interest is granted, and the appeal is denied on the merits.2
KENT Y. HIROZAWA, MEMBER
HARRY I. JOHNSON, III, MEMBER
LAUREN McFERRAN, MEMBER
Dated, Washington, D.C., February 27, 2015.

Member Johnson notes that USPOA could have addressed this concern in advance of the election
by requesting translated ballots.
2 We have treated the Union’s filing as a Request for Review of the Regional Director’s
Decision and Direction of Election and as a special appeal of his subsequent January 26, 2015
determination that the showings of interest were sufficient.