State of Connecticut

National Labor Relations Board - Unpublished Board Decisions

Feb 25, 2010

34-WH-000002 (N.L.R.B. Feb. 25, 2010)

Hartford, CT
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
BEFORE THE NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD
STATE OF CONNECTICUT
Employer
and Case 34-WH-2
CONNECTICUT STATE EMPLOYEES
ASSOCIATION, SERVICE EMPLOYEES
INTERNATIONAL UNION, LOCAL 2001
Petitioner
CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVE AS BONA FIDE
UNDER SECTION 7(B) OF THE FAIR LABOR STANDARDS ACT OF 1938
On October 26, 2009, Connecticut State Employees Association, Service
Employees International Union, Local 2001 filed with the Regional Director for
Region 34 of the National Labor Relations Board a request for certification of
representative as bona fide under Section 7(b) of the Fair Labor Standards Act of
1938 (FLSA), 29 U.S.C. Sec. 207(b).
On November 4, 2009, the Acting Regional Director served on the parties
a Notice to Show Cause why the Board should not grant the request. No
response was filed. As the Region's investigation revealed that the Petitioner is
the recognized collective-bargaining representative of the unit employees, 1 the
1 The record indicates that on December 15, 1976, the Connecticut State
Board of Labor Relations issued a Decision and Certification of
Representative certifying the Union as the exclusive collective-bargaining
representative of the employees in the unit. In addition, the record
includes a copy of the parties' recent collective-bargaining agreement,
effective from July 1, 2005 through June 30, 2009, which has been
extended from June 30, 2009 through June 30, 2012, by a memorandum
of understanding executed by the parties on April 17, 2009.
Regional Director recommended to the Board that the requested certification be
granted.
No party having shown cause why a certification should not be issued, the
National Labor Relations Board certifies that Connecticut State Employees
Association, Service Employees International Union, Local 2001 is a bona fide
representative, for purposes of Section 7(b) of the FLSA, of the employees of the
State of Connecticut in the following unit:2
Unit P4 Engineering, Science and Related, and Data Processing
classifications described in the list attached to the Decision and
Certification of Representative issued by the Connecticut State
Board of Labor Relations, employed by the State of Connecticut.
Dated, Washington, D.C., February 25, 2010.
By direction of the Board:
Lester A. Heltzer
Executive Secretary
2 A certificate of bona fide for purposes of the FLSA does not necessarily
establish the right of the organization so certified to be recognized as the
exclusive bargaining representative of employees within a particular
bargaining unit under the provisions of the National Labor Relations Act.
See County of Alameda, 322 N LRB 614 (1996).
2