MultiCare Health System

National Labor Relations Board - Unpublished Board Decisions

Mar 8, 2010

19-UC-000766 (N.L.R.B. Mar. 8, 2010)

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
BEFORE THE NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD
MULTICARE HEALTH SYSTEM
. Employer
and Case 19-UC-766
UNITED FOOD AND COMMERCIAL
WORKERS, LOCAL 21, chartered by
UNITED FOOD AND COMMERCIAL
WORKERS INTERNATIONAL UNION
Union-Petitioner
ORDER
Union-Petitioner's Request for Review of the Regional Director's Decision and
Order is denied as it fails to raise substantial issues warranting review.'
WILMA B. LIEBMAN, CHAIRMAN
PETER C. SCHAUMBER, MEMBER
Dated, Washington, D.C., March 8, 2010.
I Effective midnight December 28, 2007, Members Liebman, Schaumber, Kirsanow, and Walsh delegated
to Members Liebman, Schaumber, and Kirsanow, as a three-member group, all of the Board's powers in
anticipation of the expiration of the terms of Members Kirsanow and Walsh on December 31, 2007.
Pursuant to this delegation, Chairman Liebman and Member Schaumber constitute a quorum of the three-
member group. As a quorum, they have the authority to issue decisions and orders in unfair labor practice
and representation cases. See Sec. 3(b) of the Act. See Teamsters Local 523 v. NLRB, 590 F.3d 849 (10th
Cir. 2009); Narricot Industries, L.P. v. NLRB, 587 F.3d 654 (4th Cir. 2009); Snell Island SNF LLC v.
NLRB, 568 F.3d 410 (2d Cir. 2009), petition for cert. filed 78 U.S.L.W. 3130 (U.S. Sept. 11, 2009) (No. 09-
328); New Process Steel v NLRB, 564 F.3d 840 (7th Cir. 2009), cert. granted 130 S.Ct. 488 (2009);
Northeastern Land Services v. NLRB, 560 F.3d 36 (1st Cir. 2009), petition for cert. filed 78 U.S.L.W. 3098
(U.S. Aug. 18, 2009) (No. 09-213). But see Laurel Baye Healthcare of Lake Lanier, Inc v. NLRB, 564
F.3d 469 (D.C. Cir. 2009), petition for cert. filed 78 U.S.L.W. 3185 (U.S. Sept. 29, 2009) (No. 09-377).