Meredith Corporation

National Labor Relations Board - Unpublished Board Decisions

Feb 13, 2012

17-RC-068104 (N.L.R.B. Feb. 13, 2012)

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
BEFORE THE NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD
MEREDITH CORPORATION
Employer
and Case 17-RC-068104
AMERICAN FEDERATION OF
TELEVISION AND RADIO ARTISTS
(AFTRA), KANSAS CITY LOCAL
Petitioner
ORDER
The Employer’s Request for Review of the Regional Director’s Decision and
Direction of Election is denied as it raises no substantial issues warranting review.1
MARK GASTON PEARCE, CHAIRMAN
BRIAN E. HAYES, MEMBER
RICHARD F. GRIFFIN, JR., MEMBER
Dated, Washington, D.C., February 13, 2012.

1 In denying review, we recognize that King Broadcasting Co. (KGW-TV), 329 NLRB 378 (1999), which
was discussed by the Regional Director, issued prior to the Supreme Court’s decision in NLRB v.
Kentucky River Community Care, 532 U.S. 706 (2001), and the Board’s decision in Oakwood Healthcare,
Inc., 348 NLRB 686 (2006), in which the Board refined its test for determining supervisory assignment and
responsible direction. We nevertheless agree with the Regional Director that under the Oakwood standard,
the Employer has failed to establish that the news producers assign or responsibly direct employees or
possess any other indicium of supervisory authority within the meaning of Section 2(11) of the Act.