Teamsters Local 456, International Brotherhood of Teamsters

National Labor Relations Board - Board Decisions

Dec 22, 2017

02-CP-189159 (N.L.R.B. Dec. 22, 2017)

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
BEFORE THE NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD
TEAMSTERS LOCAL 456, INTERNATIONAL
BROTHERHOOD OF TEAMSTERS
and Cases 02-CP-189159
02-CP-190239
TITAN CONCRETE, INC. 02-CC-190242
DECISION AND ORDER
Statement of the Cases
On May 9, 2017, Teamsters Local 456, International Brotherhood of Teamsters
(the Respondent) and the General Counsel of the National Labor Relations Board
entered into a Formal Settlement Stipulation, subject to the Board’s approval, providing
for the entry of a consent order by the Board and a consent judgment by any
appropriate United States Court of Appeals.1 The Respondent waived all further and
other proceedings before the Board to which it may be entitled under the National Labor
Relations Act and the Board’s Rules and Regulations, and the Respondent waived its
right to contest the entry of a consent judgment or to receive further notice of the
application therefor.
The National Labor Relations Board has delegated its authority in this proceeding
to a three-member panel.
The Formal Settlement Stipulation is approved and made a part of the record, and
the proceeding is transferred to and continued before the Board in Washington, D.C.,
for the entry of a Decision and Order pursuant to the provisions of the Formal
Settlement Stipulation.
Based on the Formal Settlement Stipulation and the entire record, the Board
makes the following

1 The Charging Party declined to enter into the Formal Settlement Stipulation, and has
filed objections to the Stipulation with the Board. The Regional Director and the
General Counsel recommend approval of the settlement on the grounds that, inter alia,
it fully remedies all of the allegations of the consolidated complaint and provides for the
entry of Board and court orders. We have carefully considered the Charging Party’s
objections to the settlement, and we conclude that it would effectuate the purposes and
policies of the Act to approve the settlement agreement.
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Findings of Fact
1. The Employer’s business
(a) At all material times, Titan Concrete, Inc. (Titan), a New York corporation
with an office and place of business located at 145 Huguenot Street, New Rochelle,
New York, has been engaged in the manufacture, non-retail sale, and distribution of
ready mixed concrete to commercial entities.
(b) Annually, Titan, in conducting its business operations described above,
purchased and received at its New York facility goods valued in excess of $50,000
directly from points outside the State of New York.
(c) At all material times, Titan has been an employer engaged in commerce
within the meaning of Section 2(2), (6), and (7) of the Act.
2. The labor organization involved
Teamsters Local 456, International Brotherhood of Teamsters, is a labor
organization within the meaning of Section 2(5) of the Act.
3. The bargaining unit
The following employees of Titan (the unit) constitute a unit appropriate for
collective bargaining within the meaning of Section 9(b) of the Act:
All full-time and regular part-time drivers, mechanics and helpers.
ORDER
Based on the above findings of fact, the Formal Settlement Stipulation, and the
entire record, and pursuant to Section 10(c) of the National Labor Relations Act, the
National Labor Relations Board orders that:
The Respondent, Teamsters Local 456, International Brotherhood of Teamsters,
Elmsford, New York, its officers, agents, and representatives, shall
1. Cease and desist from
(a) Inducing or encouraging any individual employed by ASF Construction and
Excavation Corporation (ASF) and Specialty Construction System (SCS) or any other
person engaged in commerce or in an industry affecting commerce, to engage in a
strike or a refusal in the course of his or her employment to perform services where an
object thereof is to force ASF and SCS, or any other person, to cease doing business
with Titan Concrete, Inc. (Titan).
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(b) Picketing, threatening to picket, or in any other manner seeking to restrain or
coerce SCS, ASF, Mill Creek Residential Corporation (Mill Creek), GFX Site
Development (GFX), SYP Industries (SYP), or any other person engaged in commerce
or in an industry affecting commerce, where an object thereof is to force SCS, ASF, Mill
Creek, GFX, SYP, or any other person, to cease doing business with Titan.
(c) Picketing, threatening to picket, or in any other manner seeking to restrain or
coerce Titan where an object thereof is forcing or requiring Titan to recognize or bargain
with it as the collective-bargaining representative of its employees or for the purpose of
forcing or requiring employees of Titan to accept or select it as their collective-
bargaining representative, where Titan has lawfully recognized United Service Workers
Union, IUJAT, Local 339, or any other labor organization other than it, and a question
concerning representation of said employees may not appropriately be raised under
Section 9(c) of the Act.
(d) Picketing, threatening to picket, or in any other manner seeking to restrain or
coerce Titan where an object of such picketing is forcing or requiring Titan to recognize
or bargain with it as the collective-bargaining representative of the employees of Titan at
a time when it is not certified as such representative and where such picketing has been
conducted without a petition under Section 9(c) of the Act being filed within a
reasonable period of time not to exceed 30 days from the start of such picketing.
(e) In any like or related manner restraining or coercing employees in the
exercise of the rights guaranteed them by Section 7 of the Act.
2. Take the following affirmative action necessary to effectuate the policies of the
Act.
(a) For a 15-day period commencing from the date that the Board approves this
stipulation, we will refrain from resuming any lawful conduct with respect to our labor
dispute with Titan.
(b) Within 14 days after service by the Region, post at its union office in
Elmsford, New York, copies of the attached notice marked “Appendix A.” Copies of the
notice, on forms provided by the Regional Director for Region 2, after being signed by
the Respondent’s authorized representative, shall be posted by the Respondent and
maintained for 60 consecutive days in conspicuous places, including all places where
notices to members are customarily posted. Reasonable steps shall be taken by the
Respondent to ensure that the notices are not altered, defaced, or covered by any other
material.
(c) Sign and return to the Regional Director sufficient copies of the notice for
posting by ASF Construction and Excavation Corporation, GFX Site Development, SYP
Industries, Specialty Construction System, and Mill Creek Residential Corporation, if
willing, at all places where notices to employees are customarily posted.
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(d) Within 21 days after service by the Region, file with the Regional Director for
Region 2 a sworn certification of a responsible official on a form provided by the Region
attesting to the steps that the Respondent has taken to comply.
Dated, Washington, D.C., December 22, 2017
___________________________________
Mark Gaston Pearce, Member
___________________________________
Lauren McFerran, Member
___________________________________
William J. Emanuel, Member
(SEAL) NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD
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APPENDIX A
NOTICE TO EMPLOYEES AND MEMBERS
POSTED BY ORDER OF THE
NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD
An Agency of the United States Government
PURSUANT TO A STIPULATION PROVIDING FOR A BOARD ORDER
AND A CONSENT JUDGMENT OF ANY APPROPRIATE
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FEDERAL LAW GIVES YOU THE RIGHT TO:
Form, join, or assist a union
Choose a representative to bargain on your behalf with your employer
Act together with other employees for your benefit and protection
Choose not to engage in any of these protected activities.
WE WILL NOT do anything to prevent you from exercising the above rights.
WE WILL NOT induce or encourage any individual employed by ASF Construction and
Excavation Corporation (ASF) and Specialty Construction System (SCS), or any other
person engaged in commerce or in an industry affecting commerce, to engage in a
strike or a refusal in the course of his or her employment to perform services where an
object thereof is to force ASF and SCS, or any other person, to cease doing business
with Titan Concrete, Inc. (Titan).
WE WILL NOT picket, threaten to picket, or in any other manner seek to restrain or
coerce SCS, ASF, Mill Creek Residential Corporation (Mill Creek), GFX Site
Development (GFX), SYP Industries (SYP), or any other person engaged in commerce
or in an industry affecting commerce, where an object thereof is to force SCS, ASF, Mill
Creek, GFX, SYP, or any other person, to cease doing business with Titan.
WE WILL NOT picket, threaten to picket, or in any other manner seek to restrain or
coerce Titan where an object thereof is forcing or requiring Titan to recognize or bargain
with us as the collective-bargaining representative of its employees or for the purpose of
forcing or requiring employees of Titan to accept or select us as their collective-
bargaining representative, where Titan has lawfully recognized United Service Workers
Union, IUJAT, Local 339, or any other labor organization other than us, and a question
concerning representation of said employees may not appropriately be raised under
Section 9(c) of the Act
WE WILL NOT picket, threaten to picket, or in any other manner seek to restrain or
coerce Titan where an object of such picketing is forcing or requiring Titan to recognize
or bargain with us as the collective-bargaining representative of the employees of Titan
at a time when we are not certified as such representative and where such picketing
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has been conducted without a petition under Section 9(c) of the Act being filed within a
reasonable period of time not to exceed 30 days from the start of such picketing.
WE WILL NOT in any like or related manner restrain or coerce you in the exercise of
your rights listed above.
TEAMSTERS LOCAL 456, INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF TEAMSTERS
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