Aluminum Casting & Engineering Co.

National Labor Relations Board - Board DecisionsJan 18, 2008

352 N.L.R.B. 1 (N.L.R.B. 2008)

ALUMINUM CASTING & ENGINEERING CO. 352 NLRB No. 1 1 Aluminum Casting & Engineering Co., Inc. and United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers Union of America (UE). Cases 30–CA–12855, 30–CA–12902, 30–CA–12943, 30–CA–12944, and 30–CA–12949 January 18, 2008 THIRD SUPPLEMENTAL DECISION AND ORDER BY MEMBERS LIEBMAN AND SCHAUMBER On April 9, 1999, the National Labor Relations Board issued a Decision and Order1 directing the Respondent, Aluminum Casting & Engineering Co., Inc., to make its employees whole for any loss of earnings and other benefits they may have suffered as a result of the Re- spondent’s unlawful failure to grant them a planned an- nual wage increase in 1995. On October 13, 2000, the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit enforced the Board’s decision in part and remanded it in part, with instructions for the Board to conform its Order with the court’s opinion.2 On May 16, 2001, the Board issued a Supplemental Decision and Order, substituting a new Order and notice for those previously issued on April 9, 1999.3 A controversy having arisen over the amount of back- pay due the discriminatees, on May 11, 2007, the Re- gional Director for Region 30 issued an amended com- pliance specification.4 On June 4, 2007, the Respondent filed an answer admitting all of the allegations in the amended compliance specification. Thereafter, the parties entered into a Stipulation and Amendment to the Amended Compliance Specification (Stipulation). In the Stipulation, the parties noted that certain hours worked by the discriminatees at the end of 1 328 NLRB 8. 2 NLRB v. Aluminum Casting & Engineering Co., 230 F.3d 286 (7th Cir.). 3 334 NLRB 1. 4 The Regional Director issued an initial compliance specification on April 30, 2003. Following a hearing on the initial compliance specifi- cation, Administrative Law Judge Bruce D. Rosenstein issued a Sup- plemental Decision on November 14, 2003, which adopted the compli- ance specification in large part, but rejected the compliance specifica- tion’s allegations with regard to the backpay period. The judge found that the appropriate backpay period was limited to calendar year 1995 rather than extending from 1995 “until such time as the Respondent permanently applies the appropriate across-the-board wage increase to their hourly wages for the years 1996 through 2003.” On January 31, 2007, in response to the parties’ exceptions to the judge’s Supplemental Decision, the Board issued a Second Supplemen- tal Decision and Order in this proceeding. (349 NLRB 178.) The Board affirmed the judge’s finding that the backpay period for the discriminatees should be limited to calendar year 1995 and ordered the Regional Director to amend the compliance specification accordingly. The amended compliance specification that issued on May 11, 2007, reflects this change. calendar year 1995 were not accounted for in the amended compliance specification. The parties agreed to correct this omission as indicated in two attachments to the Stipulation. The Regional Director approved the parties’ Stipulation on September 20, 2007.5 On October 1, 2007, the General Counsel filed a Mo- tion for Summary Judgment with the Board. On October 11, 2007, the Board issued an order transferring the pro- ceeding to the Board and a Notice to Show Cause why the motion should not be granted. The Respondent and the Charging Party filed re- sponses to the General Counsel’s motion on October 9 and 15, 2007, respectively. The Respondent requests that the Board grant the motion, asserting that the allega- tions in the motion “are all correct and accurate.” The Charging Party similarly acknowledges that the allega- tions in the motion are correct, but takes issue with the Board’s underlying decision to limit the discriminatees’ backpay period. The Charging Party accordingly re- quests that the Board deny the motion, modify its earlier decision, and find that the backpay period in this case extends from 1995 to the present.6 On the entire record in this case, the National Labor Relations Board7 makes the following Ruling on the Motion for Summary Judgment According to the uncontroverted allegations of the General Counsel’s Motion for Summary Judgment, the Respondent owes backpay to the discriminatees in the amounts specified in the amended compliance specifica- tion as further amended by the parties’ Stipulation. In the absence of any dispute as to the accuracy of those backpay amounts, we grant the General Counsel’s mo- tion and find the Respondent liable for backpay as al- leged. 5 In a letter dated September 13, 2007, the Charging Party clarified its position that, in signing the Stipulation, it agreed only to the accu- racy of the backpay calculations therein and did not waive its right to challenge the underlying Board decision with regard to the backpay period. 6 On October 22, 2007, the Charging Party filed an “Opposition to Motion for Summary Judgment” with the Board. That document is essentially identical to the Charging Party’s October 15, 2007 response to the Motion for Summary Judgment and therefore does not warrant separate discussion. 7 Effective midnight December 28, 2007, Members Liebman, Schaumber, Kirsanow, and Walsh delegated to Members Liebman, Schaumber, and Kirsanow, as a three-member group, all of the Board’s powers in anticipation of the expiration of the terms of Members Kir- sanow and Walsh on December 31, 2007. Pursuant to this delegation, Members Liebman and Schaumber constitute a quorum of the three- member group. As a quorum, they have the authority to issue decisions and orders in unfair labor practice and representation cases. See Sec. 3(b) of the Act. DECISIONS OF THE NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD2 ORDER The National Labor Relations Board orders that the Respondent, Aluminum Casting & Engineering Com- pany, Inc., Milwaukee, Wisconsin, its officers, agents, successors, and assigns, shall make whole the individuals named below, by paying them the amounts following their names, plus interest to be computed in the manner set forth in New Horizons for the Retarded, 283 NLRB 1173 (1987), minus tax withholdings required by Federal and State laws: Name Identification No. Amount Dorothy Adams 1188 $430.45 Larry D. Adams 444 552.65 Allen Albino 1427 40.75 H. Aparicio Alegria 559 136.35 David Alexander 731 197.41 John J. Alonzo 605 401.41 Felipe Alvarez 755 493.23 Jose Alvarez 1060 144.52 Jose Alvarez 447 261.80 Isaac Apau 281 67.40 Jose Aquilar 1028 331.85 Jose Aravjo 753 441.67 Jesus Arce 526 404.27 Leovardo Arenas 452 102.10 Alfonso Arrieta 1170 423.82 Amparo Avila 1180 119.65 Miguel Avila 902 144.99 Carlos Azurdia 1256 37.65 Bruce Banaszak 1447 42.79 Crelensiano Barragan 652 141.05 Jaime Barron 852 398.03 Robert Basterash 364 426.83 Gary Beierle 1306 502.88 Anthony Beles 971 109.48 Earl E. Bentley 418 373.43 John Bentley 1071 428.32 Julio Bergara 443 42.41 Eraclio Bernal 952 260.67 Linda Bolden 1024 454.04 Eddie Booker 316 400.71 Tony Bowen 205 411.81 Kevin Brasile 317 38.37 Danny Brown 877 516.83 Scott Brown 210 41.24 Gregory Burba 1277 39.09 Michael Burdette 870 103.32 Javier Cabrales 1033 $52.50 Ubaldo Calderon 719 449.91 Jorge Campos 107 39.85 Manuel Carlos 1111 126.10 Tronnie Carr 800 484.15 Angel Cartagena 864 417.03 Brenda Kay Carter 878 447.05 Richard Casper 873 438.22 Mariano Castro 385 81.58 Samuel Castro 622 290.44 Orlando Chacon Jr. 110 428.28 Noah Chambliss 1426 3.30 Roberto Chapa 871 414.32 Andres Charriez 869 50.76 David Clark 1284 396.43 Jerry Clark 828 139.76 Robert Clark 276 10.04 Angel Claudio 401 147.22 Jerry Glen Coleman 587 414.31 Chester Collier 783 532.53 Marta Colon 1258 410.60 Francisco Coronado 953 403.97 Jose Coronado 1084 421.38 Hector Correa 1143 122.40 Thomas Corstvet II 791 511.44 Aaron Crosby 383 25.13 Joe Crossley 180 294.40 Terri Cruvello 777 82.96 Gloria M. Cucuta 372 509.22 Brian Culver 1270 474.92 Stanley Cunningham 307 409.63 Michael E.Czappa 404 393.03 Greg Dalton 967 504.66 Jesus Delacruz 1052 400.19 Ramon Delgado 601 501.70 Christopher Desilva 402 412.28 Carlos S. Diaz 174 123.45 Tommie Dickerson 135 7.90 Michael Dionisio 830 421.12 Dennis Drews 1190 47.98 Andrew Elem 260 100.80 Aurelio Escobar 184 490.18 Manuel Espino 1098 192.25 Norberto Espinoza 1002 130.99 Pedro Esqueda-Ruiz 1408 44.61 Jose Estrada 112 379.65 Marcos Estrada 348 5.54 Nassar Farah 629 433.21 Anthony Fayne 881 402.57 Edwin Feliciano 162 110.97 Nathaniel Ferguson 724 81.74 Humberto Fernandez 166 270.30 ALUMINUM CASTING & ENGINEERING CO. 3 Rogelia Fernandez 722 $443.68 Artemio Ferreira 578 426.90 Jose Ferrer 723 151.25 Abraham Figueroa 624 415.75 Richard Finch 161 27.30 Jaurdon Fisher 1079 28.37 Gustavo Floren tino 1273 255.93 Stephen Flores 512 410.88 Miguel Fonseca 746 482.59 Cleophus Fox, Jr. 515 300.29 Dean A. Froemming 375 560.35 Brian Gabelbauer 1217 98.45 George Gabelbauer 254 464.69 Raymond Gabik 1234 304.47 Florentino Galindo 123 483.82 Moises Gallegos 367 44.47 Gene Gallonski 926 412.15 Enrique F. Galvan 109 1.95 Steve Gamroth 324 424.25 Angel Garcia 1424 38.45 Benito Garcia 445 418.74 Jesus Garcia 1250 192.70 Norberto Garcia 665 341.75 Rogelio Garcia 990 103.40 Victor Garcia 898 439.79 Samuel R. Gardison 663 470.73 Tillman Garth 1329 461.80 Alex Garza 773 148.89 Daniel Garza 1368 418.52 Arthur Gee 119 436.29 Julius Glenn 1265 408.93 Alfredo Gonzalez 142 30.06 Antonio Gonzalez 993 441.34 Bruno Gonzalez 1020 448.72 Jesusa Gonzalez 122 519.58 Luis Gonzalez 262 6.40 Manuel Gonzalez 1459 55.10 Rafael Gonzalez 842 385.83 Lana Griffin 352 177.23 Eddie Groves 350 385.27 Gary S. Gruenweller 876 421.32 Lawrence Guerrero 860 17.90 Juan Gutierrez 947 405.68 Salvador Gutierrez 240 449.83 Miguel Guzman 326 473.70 Jack Hager 563 27.71 Larry Harder 242 16.11 Joe Hardin 1022 380.53 James Harris 987 234.23 Ronald Harris 465 103.55 Jerry L. Hartman 373 268.08 Allen Hastings 362 463.62 Brian Held 509 $501.85 Allen H. Hendrychowski 586 351.15 Jorge Hernandez 111 492.85 Jose Luis Her nandez 640 106.80 Juan Hernandez 774 261.66 Mario Hernandez 221 48.75 Nelson Hernandez 390 227.36 Pamela Herwig 1198 159.22 Emmanuel Hill 988 74.08 Jimmie Hoard 103 489.94 Timothy Holl 420 46.01 Roosevelt Holt 1050 67.28 Jane E. Hoyt 1259 461.17 Nehemias Huertas 649 52.07 Robert Jackson 303 8.74 Victor Jaramillo 331 220.56 Miguel Jimenez 798 375.50 Salvador Jimenez 948 441.27 Peter Jiru 695 38.68 David W. Johnson 384 508.21 J.T. Johnson 707 523.86 Jacqueline Johnson 345 415.19 Melvin Jones 901 1.60 David Jurasovich 196 378.52 Jerome Kastenholz 156 426.36 Martha Kelley 475 398.95 James Kennedy 115 386.61 Greg Kerner 1027 410.36 Keith Kriegsman 121 498.21 Steven Krueger 1005 126.12 Beth A. Krumnow 277 527.69 Kris A. Krumnow 933 465.97 Joseph Kubasik 1072 119.78 Tammy Kuehl 399 17.02 Bipin Kumar 571 447.61 Juan Laboy 1174 431.30 Heinz A. Langner 607 244.88 Hugo Lares 596 397.33 Roy Lattimore 725 495.90 Eugene Lawson 810 166.30 Israel Lechuga 726 427.93 Joel Lechuga 1116 415.88 Jose Luis Ledezma 714 438.68 Carl Lee 1127 235.16 Darian Lee 691 376.07 Francisco Lopez 287 313.15 Juan Lopez 646 402.88 Melchor Lopez 591 470.53 Miguel Deleon Lopez 942 430.26 Rene B. Lopez 218 411.37 Robert Lopez 648 383.83 DECISIONS OF THE NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD4 William Lopez 1291 $502.57 Phyllis Luckett 319 38.85 Reinaldo Macate 1215 144.85 Salvador Madrigal 151 283.55 Anacleto Mancha, Jr. 702 401.85 Juan Marroquin 807 387.60 Mark Martin 708 444.56 Heriberto B. Martinez 1269 502.05 Jesus Martinez 834 357.39 Nereo Martinez 1089 352.53 Rafael Martinez 172 81.90 Ricardo Martinez 422 2.80 Ricardo Martinez 1246 415.14 Victor Martinez 1091 12.80 Akram Massad 1041 424.24 Alfredo Matos 120 179.20 William Matos 846 99.21 David E. McNamer 520 49.30 Anselmo Medina 1182 442.55 Ricardo Melen drez 562 416.08 Cain Mendez 1333 443.08 Ismael Mendoza 823 135.88 Martin Mendoza 1209 386.50 Jose Mercado 979 43.40 James C. Micheau 570 403.43 Charles Miller 382 25.45 Christopher Mitchell 1249 24.59 Jorge Montanez 280 154.80 Juan Montenegro 936 425.75 Alvis Moorer 644 419.63 William J. Morris 874 404.30 Manuel Mota 1004 399.54 Pheng Moua 1013 62.80 Adolfo Munoz 283 15.59 Eudoro Munoz 758 401.43 Sergio Munoz 1048 307.13 Leonard Murdock 128 1.60 Santiago Navarrete 152 146.48 Cristian Navarro 1223 411.53 Jose Naveja 1414 19.57 Angel Negron 338 39.85 Eric Nelson 886 376.12 Debra Neumann 293 15.59 Lawrence Neumann 705 48.28 Jesus Nieves 992 422.47 Arturo Oliva 268 537.52 Armando Olmos 904 398.29 Jose Ornelas 982 423.26 Rogelio Ornelas 1431 72.09 Michael Pampuch 1176 465.45 Frederico Paramo 1363 54.72 Ferman Payne 889 221.26 Frederico Pena 1398 $45.91 Guadalupe Perez 974 403.91 Jose Perez 202 42.00 Juan Perez 981 70.70 Gerald Peters 170 367.37 Froylan Pichardo 1192 427.90 Michael Piedt 351 44.58 David J. Pike III 621 508.64 Francisco Quiroz 912 474.65 Pedro Quiroz 1114 484.27 Jeffery Raedel 153 24.25 Felix Ramirez 1350 391.30 Francisco Ramirez 169 40.88 J. Santos Ramirez 977 435.65 Jeronimo Ramirez 368 44.97 Jose Ramirez 679 124.50 Luis Ramirez 304 18.17 Luis Ramirez 661 326.70 Manuel Ramirez 732 419.03 Marcos Ramirez 167 16.00 Salvador Ramirez 427 21.20 Fernando I. Ramos 1349 413.69 Saul Ramos 588 441.06 Earnest Rembert Jr. 410 465.12 Candido Reyes 1208 430.75 Herodes Reyes 419 465.95 Hubert Riley 312 41.47 Raul Rios 407 374.96 Aaron Ritzow 266 397.44 Justino Rivas 771 425.69 Daniel Rivera 895 91.02 Javier Robelo 270 43.99 Otto Roberts 1304 410.26 Charles Robinette 636 439.41 Geraldine Robinette 793 451.40 Edgar Roche 543 497.17 Dennis A.Rochefort 683 662.08 Norman Rochefort 540 611.18 Charles A. Rodgers 741 434.75 Claudio Rodrigues 776 472.56 Eduardo Rodriguez 954 391.70 Juan Rodriguez 245 374.55 Martin Rodriguez 1117 192.30 Edwardo Rojas 341 51.03 Miguel Rosa 204 377.91 Pedro Rosales 188 404.82 Roberto Rosales 395 41.89 Jesus Falcon Rosario 524 187.10 Hector Rosas 160 139.10 Regulo B. Ruiz 114 401.60 Jose Saguen 400 417.20 Euzebio Salazar 927 127.40 ALUMINUM CASTING & ENGINEERING CO. 5 Luis Salgado 568 $126.50 Guadalupe Salinas 433 26.83 Johnny Samarripa 955 433.08 Hugo Sanchez 959 295.63 Lorenzo Sanchez 462 391.99 Kenith Sandifer 717 362.20 Ramon Sandoval 1067 117.65 Ricardo Sandoval 630 474.00 Antonio Santana 397 41.55 Francisco Santiago 1087 6.90 Jose Santiago 1196 245.83 Miguel Santiago 742 118.40 Gabriel Santos 639 397.55 Jose Sarmiento 965 436.00 Khamphong Sayavongsa 837 443.58 Daniel Schneeberger 1422 20.00 Camille Schwartz 784 485.23 Jeffrey S. Schwartz 1404 441.09 Julio Seda 131 427.35 Ignacio Sepulveda 482 399.50 Javier Serna 975 410.40 Terrance Shaw 1169 400.80 Angel Silva 415 27.60 Kim Allen Sjolund 865 433.33 Ahmad Smith 259 452.03 Calvin Smith 278 20.16 Juanita Smith 715 535.73 Larry Smith 718 40.38 Thomas Smith 782 428.34 Pedro Solano 623 336.95 Jorge Solis 1128 29.25 Gregory Solomon 1235 421.71 Miguel Sotelo 597 451.73 Jose Soto 672 399.73 Pablo L. Soto 392 516.11 Lenis Sowell 688 82.60 Carrie Stevenson 762 419.24 Ronald Stoltz 1053 25.25 Aaron Strohbusch 295 65.35 Susan Struck 727 107.76 Miguel Suarez 222 402.55 Regino Suarez 323 457.08 Stanley Sudol 236 40.85 Michael Susedik 301 982.68 Charles Tardy 435 454.71 Chao Thao 1228 356.13 Rosia Lee Thicklen 1229 401.64 Petrie Tillier 1452 15.02 Samson Tillis 1035 450.53 Rodd Tooke 709 146.76 Reyes Trinidad 574 480.95 Charles Tripp 132 396.30 Tim A. Tutaj 989 328.52 Tony Tyra 437 7.45 Norberto Valdes 934 442.76 Felipe Valdes 1130 383.28 Florencio Vallejo 634 418.29 Luis Felipe Valles 1001 415.85 Victor Valles 155 447.80 Bee Vang 1436 39.60 Manuel Varela 388 365.75 Jose Vargas 1006 432.09 Sergio Vasquez 966 428.91 Basilio Vela 359 42.85 Jesus Velasquez 1153 465.02 Eliezer Velazquez 198 415.38 Pedro Velazquez 1203 292.74 Reinaldo Vellon 389 57.60 Alfredo Vigil 754 326.51 Ralph Villanueva 453 38.89 Raul Villanueva 1423 39.30 Van Vuong 956 31.35 Winifred Warner 814 383.44 Ruth Mae Watson 461 260.75 James P. Weber 346 550.72 Robert Wettengel 347 510.02 Brenda Williams 339 225.62 Carl A. Williams 264 404.23 Melvin Williams 379 369.80 Theodore Williams 847 59.87 Jeff Wolk 315 347.18 Paul J. Wood 177 438.03 Raleigh Wright 438 449.03 Fong Xiong 626 49.45 Kao Xiong 1012 352.27 Vang Xiong 566 120.90 TOTAL $109,873.28