CCE Central Dispatch Authority

National Labor Relations Board - Board Decisions

Mar 17, 2016

07-WH-165574 (N.L.R.B. Mar. 17, 2016)

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Charlevoix, Cheboygan, and
Emmet, MI
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
BEFORE THE NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD
C.C.E. CENTRAL DISPATCH AUTHORITY
Employer
and Case 07-WH-165574
POLICE OFFICERS ASSOCIATION OF MICHIGAN
Petitioner
CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVE AS BONA FIDE
UNDER SECTION 7(B) OF THE FAIR LABOR STANDARDS ACT OF 1938
On December 7, 2015, Police Officers Association of Michigan (the Petitioner)
filed with the Regional Director for Region 7 of the National Labor Relations Board a
request for certification of representative as bona fide under Section 7(b) of the Fair
Labor Standards Act of 1938 (FLSA), 29 U.S.C. § 207(b).
On December 22, 2015, the Regional Director served on the parties a Notice to
Show Cause why the Board should not grant the request. No response was filed. As
the Region’s investigation revealed that the Petitioner is the recognized collective-
bargaining representative of the unit employees, the Regional Director recommended to
the Board that the requested certification be issued.1
No party having shown cause why the requested certification should not be
issued, the National Labor Relations Board hereby certifies that Police Officers

1 The record indicates that the Employer is a public sector employer and that the
Petitioner was certified as the collective-bargaining representative for the unit
employees by the Michigan Employment Relations Commission on October 13,
2015.
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Association of Michigan is a bona fide representative, for purposes of Section 7(b) of
the FLSA, of the employees of C.C.E. Central Dispatch Authority, in the following unit:
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All full-time and regular part-time telecommunications, including team
leaders and system administrator, employed by Charlevoix, Cheboygan,
and Emmet Central Dispatch; but excluding all clerical employees,
confidential employees, irregular part-time and seasonal employees,
janitorial employees and supervisors, as defined in the Act.
Dated, Washington, D.C., March 17, 2016
By direction of the Board:
Gary Shinners
__________________________
Executive Secretary

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A certificate of representative as bona fide for purposes of the FLSA does not
necessarily establish the right of the organization so certified to be recognized as the
exclusive bargaining representative of employees within a particular bargaining unit
under the provisions of the National Labor Relations Act. See County of Alameda, 322
NLRB 614 (1996).