Seattle Children's

National Labor Relations Board - Unpublished Board Decisions

Jun 29, 2015

19-RC-150590 (N.L.R.B. Jun. 29, 2015)

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
BEFORE THE NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD
SEATTLE CHILDREN’S
Employer
and Case No. 19-RC-150590
INTERNATIONAL UNION OF
OPERATING ENGINEERS, LOCAL 286,
AFL-CIO
Petitioner
ORDER
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
KENT Y. HIROZAWA, MEMBER
HARRY I. JOHNSON, III, MEMBER
LAUREN McFERRAN, MEMBER
Dated, Washington, D.C., June 29, 2015.

1 As he has stated previously, Member Johnson believes that the piecemeal organizing permitted
by the Board’s decision in St. Vincent Charity Medical Center, 357 NLRB No. 79 (2011) is
inconsistent with a key purpose of the Health Care Rule: to streamline the representation process
and minimize the disruption that results from questions concerning representation arising at acute
health care facilities. Member Johnson believes that this case -- which finds an identifiable and
distinct group of only two employees -- highlights the disruption that can result from the
approach sanctioned by the Board in St. Vincent, which, as this case shows, essentially permits
organizing at acute care hospitals two by two. However, because the Employer here has
disavowed seeking review of the Board’s decision in St. Vincent, Member Johnson agrees to
deny review.