Wellington Industries, Inc.

National Labor Relations Board - Unpublished Board Decisions

Feb 11, 2011

07-RM-001496 (N.L.R.B. Feb. 11, 2011)

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
BEFORE THE NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD
WELLINGTON INDUSTRIES, INC.
Employer-Petitioner
and Case 7-RM-1496
LOCAL 174, INTERNATIONAL
UNION, UNITED AUTOMOBILE,
AEROSPACE AND AGRICULTURAL
IMPLEMENT WORKERS OF AMERICA
(UAW), AFL-CIO
Union
ORDER
The Employer-Petitioner’s Request for Review of the Regional Director’s
administrative dismissal of the petition is denied as it raises no substantial issues
warranting reversal of the Regional Director’s action. Accordingly, the Regional
Director’s dismissal of the petition is affirmed.1
WILMA B. LIEBMAN, CHAIRMAN
MARK GASTON PEARCE, MEMBER
BRIAN E. HAYES, MEMBER
Dated, Washington, D.C., February 11, 2011.

1
The Employer's contention that the affiliation between Local One and Local 174 resulted in dramatic
organizational changes post-affiliation that demonstrate lack of substantial continuity is unsupported by the
proffered evidence and lacking in merit. The Employer asserts, without support, that employees' union
dues "significantly increased" after the affiliation. The Board has held, however, that the fact that dues may
be higher after an affiliation does not constitute evidence of discontinuity, but merely may “reflect a greater
level of service provided to members." Raymond F. Kravis Center for the Performing Arts, 351 NLRB
143, 147 n. 32 (2007), enfd. 550 F. 3d 1183 (D.C.Cir. 2008); CPS Chemical Co., 324 NLRB 1018 (1997),
enfd. 160 F.3d 150 (3d Cir. 1998).