Loews Hotel/LNO Hotel Corporation

National Labor Relations Board - Unpublished Board DecisionsMay 6, 2010

15-RC-008821 (N.L.R.B. May. 6, 2010)

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA BEFORE THE NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD LOEWS HOTEL NEW ORLEANS Employer and Case 15-RC-8821 UNITE HERE LOCAL 166 AND SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA BUILDING TRADES COUNCIL Petitioners and SOUTHWEST REGIONAL JOINT BOARD, WORKERS UNITED, a/w SEIU Union ORDER Petitioner's Request for Review of the Regional Director's decision to hold the petition in abeyance pending resolution of the outstanding unfair labor practice charge raises no substantial issue warranting reversal of the Regional Director's determination. Accordingly, the Regional Director's decision is affirmed.' WILMA B. LIEBMAN, CHAIRMAN PETER C. SCHAUMBER, MEMBER MARK GASTON PEARCE, MEMBER Dated, Washington, D.C., May 6,2010. We note that Region 15 i ssued a complaint in Case 15 -CA- 193 5 7 on March 31, 2010, alleging that the Employer violated Sec. 8(a)(5) and (1) of the National Labor Relations Act by refusing to bargain for a successor collective-bargaining agreement and by failing to remit dues. Member Schaumber agrees that the Regional Director's disposition of the petition was consistent with extant precedent. However, he questions, given the facts of this case, whether it would not be more sensible and expeditious to simply conduct the election and let the employees decide who their representative should be going forward.