Chickasaw Nation d/b/a WinStar World Casino

National Labor Relations Board - Unpublished Board Decisions

Sep 5, 2012

17-CA-025031 (N.L.R.B. Sep. 5, 2012)

NOT INCLUDED IN HGB
BOUND VOLUMES Thackerville, OK
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
BEFORE THE NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD
CHICKASAW NATION operating
WINSTAR WORLD CASINO
and Case 17-CA-025031
17-CA-025121
INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF
TEAMSTERS LOCAL 886,
affiliated with THE INTERNATIONAL
BROTHERHOOD OF TEAMSTERS
CORRECTED ORDER APPROVING STIPULATION, GRANTING
MOTION, AND TRANSFERRING PROCEEDING TO THE BOARD
On July 10, 2012, the Acting General Counsel of the National Labor Relations
Board, through the Regional Director for Region 17, issued an amended consolidated
complaint alleging that the Chickasaw Nation d/b/a WinStar World Casino (the
Nation), by informing employees that they did not have the protection of the National
Labor Relations Act because of tribal sovereignty, has interfered with, restrained, and
coerced employees of the WinStar World Casino in their exercise of the rights
guaranteed in Section 7 of the Act, in violation of Section 8(a)(1) of the Act.
On July 19, 2012, the Nation, International Brotherhood of Teamsters Local
886, and the Acting General Counsel filed with the Board a Joint Statement of Issues
and Joint Statement of Stipulated Facts and a Joint Motion to Transfer Proceeding to
Board on Stipulated Record. The parties agree that the Joint Statement of Issues and
Joint Statement of Stipulated Facts, if approved, provides for an appealable decision
by the Board. The parties have further waived a hearing by an administrative law
judge and have submitted the case directly to the Board for an expedited Decision
and Order. The parties have requested that the Board set a time for the filing of
briefs.
The Board having considered the matter,
IT IS ORDERED that the Joint Motion to Transfer Proceeding to Board on
Stipulated Record is granted and the case is transferred to and continued before the
Board in Washington, D.C. for the purpose of making findings of fact and conclusions
of law and the issuance of a Decision and Order.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the Joint Statement of Issues and Joint
Statement of Stipulated Facts, the Stipulated List of Exhibits, Exhibits 4(a)-4(o), and
the Respondent’s Stipulation and Waiver are approved and made a part of the
record.
The Acting General Counsel and International Brotherhood of Teamsters Local
886 may file opening briefs with the Board in Washington, D.C. on or before October 4,
2012. The Respondent may file an answering brief on or before November 5, 2012.
Reply briefs may be filed on or before November 26, 2012.
Dated, Washington, D.C., September 5, 2012
By Direction of the Board:
Lester A. Heltzer
/s/ Lester A. Heltzer
Executive Secretary