Metcalfe Foods - West, Inc.

National Labor Relations Board - Unpublished Board Decisions

Sep 13, 2012

30-RC-079306 (N.L.R.B. Sep. 13, 2012)

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NOT TO BE INCLUDED IN PGB
BOUND VOLUMES Madison, WI
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
BEFORE THE NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD
METCALFE FOODS-WEST, INC.
Employer
and Case 30-RC-079306
UFCW (UNITED FOOD AND COMMERCIAL WORKERS),
LOCAL 1473
Petitioner
DECISION AND CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVE
The National Labor Relations Board, by a three-member panel, has considered objections
to an election held on June 1, 2012, and the Regional Director’s report recommending
disposition of them. The election was conducted pursuant to a Stipulated Election Agreement.
The tally of ballots shows 5 for and 3 against the Petitioner, with no challenged ballots.
The Board has reviewed the record in light of the exceptions1 and brief, has adopted the
Regional Director’s findings and recommendations, and finds that a certification of
representative should be issued.
CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVE
IT IS CERTIFIED that a majority of the valid ballots have been cast for UFCW (United
Food and Commercial Workers), Local 1473, and that it is the exclusive collective bargaining
representative of the employees in the following appropriate unit:

1In the absence of exceptions, we adopt pro forma the Regional Director’s recommendation to
overrule the Employer’s Objection 3.
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All full-time and regular part-time employees of the Employer at its 7455 Mineral Point
Road, Madison, Wisconsin location, who work in the meat department and are involved
in the handling and selling of meat products, excluding all other employees, confidential
employees, guards, and supervisors as defined in the Act.
Dated, Washington, D.C., September 13, 2012.
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Mark Gaston Pearce, Chairman
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Richard F. Griffin, Jr., Member
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Sharon Block, Member
NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD