Petaluma Valley HospitalDownload PDFNational Labor Relations Board - Board DecisionsMay 19, 201620-RC-170260 (N.L.R.B. May. 19, 2016) Copy Citation UNITED STATES OF AMERICA BEFORE THE NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD SRM ALLIANCE HOSPITAL SERVICES D/B/A PETALUMA VALLEY HOSPITAL Employer and Case 20-RC-170260 PETALUMA STAFF NURSE PARTNERSHIP Petitioner and CALIFORNIA NURSES ASSOCIATION, NATIONAL NURSES UNITED (CNA/NNU) Intervenor ORDER The Employer’s Request for Review of the Regional Director’s determination to hold the petition in abeyance is denied as it raises no substantial issues warranting review.1 MARK GASTON PEARCE, CHAIRMAN PHILIP A. MISCIMARRA, MEMBER KENT Y. HIROZAWA, MEMBER Washington, D.C., May 19, 2016. 1 Member Miscimarra favors a reconsideration of the Board's blocking charge doctrine for reasons expressed in the dissenting views that were contained within the Board's representation election rule, 79 Fed. Reg. 74308, at 74430-74460 (Dec. 15, 2014) (dissenting views of Members Miscimarra and Johnson), but he acknowledges that the Board has declined to materially change its blocking charge doctrine, and he agrees that the Regional Director did not abuse his discretion in applying the doctrine in the instant case. Copy with citationCopy as parenthetical citation
