Triple A Fire Protection, Inc.

National Labor Relations Board - Board Decisions

Aug 26, 2011

357 N.L.R.B. 693 (N.L.R.B. 2011)

TRIPLE A FIRE PROTECTION, INC.
357 NLRB No. 68
693
Triple A Fire Protection, Inc. and United Association
of Journeymen and Apprentices of the Plumbing
and Pipefitting Industry of the United States and
Canada, Road Sprinkler Fitters Local Union No.
669, AFL–CIO. Case 15–CA–011498
August 26, 2011
SECOND SUPPLEMENTAL DECISION
AND ORDER
BY CHAIRMAN LIEBMAN AND MEMBERS BECKER
AND PEARCE
This compliance proceeding involves the amounts of
backpay and benefit fund contributions owed by the Re-
spondent pursuant to a make-whole order issued by the
Board. In the unfair labor practice proceeding, the Board
found that the Respondent violated Section 8(a)(5) and
(1) by, inter alia, unilaterally changing wage rates and
ceasing benefit contributions after the expiration of a
collective-bargaining agreement. The Board ordered the
Respondent to rescind the unlawful changes, resume
benefit contributions, and make the employees and the
benefit funds whole.1 The Court of Appeals for the
Eleventh Circuit enforced the Board’s Order,2 and com-
pliance proceedings were initiated.
The questions presented here are whether to affirm a
Supplemental Decision and Order issued by the two sit-
ting members of the Board that disposed of certain com-
pliance issues and remanded others, and whether to af-
firm the administrative law judge’s supplemental deci-
sion resolving the remanded issues.
The National Labor Relations Board has delegated its
authority in this proceeding to a three-member panel.
I. THE TWO-MEMBER DECISION
On January 30, 2009, the two sitting members of the
Board issued a Supplemental Decision and Order in the
compliance proceeding.3 That decision, which is report-
ed at 353 NLRB 838, ruled on several motions and re-
manded the proceeding for a hearing before an adminis-
trative law judge on the remaining issues. On June 17,
2010, the United States Supreme Court issued its deci-
sion in New Process Steel, L.P. v. NLRB, 130 S.Ct. 2635,
holding that under Section 3(b) of the Act, in order to

1 315 NLRB 409 (1994).
2 136 F.3d 727 (1998), cert. denied 525 U.S. 1067 (1999).
3 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 powers
of the National Labor Relations Board in anticipation of the expiration
of the terms of Members Kirsanow and Walsh on December 31, 2007.
Thereafter, pursuant to this delegation, the two sitting members issued
decisions and orders in unfair labor practice and representation cases.
exercise the delegated authority of the Board, a delegee
group of at least three members must be maintained.
On August 12, 2010, the Acting General Counsel filed
a Motion for Affirmation of the Board’s Supplemental
Decision and Order. The Respondent filed a Response to
the Motion for Affirmation.
The Board has considered the Motion for Affirmation
and Response, as well as the underlying motions and
briefs, and has decided to affirm the Supplemental Deci-
sion and Order, which is incorporated herein by refer-
ence.4 In so doing, we observe that if a respondent—as
in this proceeding—unlawfully ceases making required
payments to benefit funds on behalf of employees, the
appropriate remedy is to require that the funds be made
whole for the missed payments. Stone Boat Yard v.
NLRB, 715 F.2d 441, 446 (9th Cir. 1983) (“The company
is merely required to repay what it has unlawfully with-
held. . . . [T]he [employer’s] diversion of contributions
from the union funds undercut[s] the ability of those
funds to provide for future needs.”), enfg. 264 NLRB
981 (1982), cert. denied 466 U.S. 937 (1984).5 Arandess
Management Co., 337 NLRB 245 (2001), relied on by
the Respondent, is distinguishable on two grounds: (1)
that case involved the make-whole relief owed to indi-
vidual employees,6 rather than the make-whole relief
owed to benefit funds; and (2) Arandess, unlike the pre-
sent case, presented two sets of employees—those who
were unlawfully denied employment and those who were
hired in their place—for one set of jobs requiring benefit-
fund contributions.
II. THE ADMINISTRATIVE LAW JUDGE’S
SUPPLEMENTAL DECISION
On February 10, 2010, pursuant to the remand in the
Supplemental Decision and Order, Administrative Law
Judge Keltner W. Locke issued the attached supple-
mental decision. The Respondent filed exceptions and a
supporting brief, and the General Counsel and the Union
each filed an answering brief. The General Counsel and
the Union filed cross-exceptions, the Respondent filed a

4 On September 10, 2009, the Board, by its Executive Secretary, is-
sued an Order denying as untimely Respondent’s Motion for Reconsid-
eration of the supplemental decision. The Motion for Reconsideration
was filed 7 months after the supplemental decision issued on January
30, 2009. We affirm the denial of the motion. See Board Rules &
Regulations Sec. 102.48(d)(2)(such motions to be filed within 28 days
after service of the Board’s decision).
5 Accord: Schwickert’s of Rochester, Inc., 349 NLRB 687, 687 fn. 2
(2007); Virginia Concrete Co. v. NLRB, 75 F.3d 974, 988 (4th Cir.
1996), enfg. 316 NLRB 261 (1995); NLRB v. Transport Service Co.,
973 F.2d 562, 569 fn. 3 (7th Cir. 1992), enfg. in pertinent part 302
NLRB 22 (1991).
6 See 337 NLRB at 247 (“the Board’s Order required the Respond-
ents to ‘make whole the bargaining unit employees’”).
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brief in opposition, and the Union filed a reply. The
Board has considered the decision and the record in light
of the exceptions, cross-exceptions, and briefs and has
decided to affirm the judge’s rulings, findings, and con-
clusions and to adopt the recommended Order as modi-
fied and set forth in full below.
We agree with the judge’s findings concerning the
backpay amounts owed to employees7 and the amounts
owed by the Respondent to make the three benefit funds
whole for its failure to make required payments to those
funds.8 We further agree with the judge that the Re-
spondent owes interest and liquidated damages on those
delinquent fund payments, pursuant to the funds’ govern-
ing documents, by which the Respondent agreed to be
bound in its collective-bargaining agreement with the
Union. The settled rule provides that the Board first
looks to the funds’ governing documents to determine
any additional amounts necessary as a make-whole rem-
edy for delinquent fund payments. Merryweather Opti-
cal Co., 240 NLRB 1213, 1216 fn. 7 (1979). Where the
provisions in the funds’ governing documents provide
for interest and liquidated damages on delinquent pay-
ments, Merryweather Optical dictates that the contractu-
al terms be enforced. See, e.g., Ryan Iron Works, 345
NLRB 893, 895, 896 fn. 19 (2005).
The record establishes that the Respondent’s collec-
tive-bargaining agreement with the Union incorporates
the funds’ governing documents.9 Article 23 of the col-
lective-bargaining agreement provides:

Employers party to this Agreement shall submit contri-
butions to the Welfare, Pension, and Educational, S.I.S.
and Industry Promotion Funds in accordance with
rules, regulations, and procedures established by the
Trustees of the Welfare, Pension and Educational
Funds.

The Respondent is therefore bound to make its delinquent
fund payments in accord with the “Guidelines for Participa-
tion in the Sprinkler Industry Trust Funds” [hereinafter
“Guidelines”] issued by the funds’ trustees. Article VI of

7 We reject as untimely the Respondent’s exception that the compli-
ance specification failed to break down the backpay amounts by calen-
dar quarter. See Board Rules & Regulations Sec. 102.55(a). The Re-
spondent failed to raise this argument in its answer to the compliance
specification, in its motion for summary judgment before the two-
member Board, or at the hearing. Compare, e.g., Advanced Architec-
tural Metals, Inc., 355 NLRB 935, 938 (2010) (untimely response to
compliance specification).
8 The three funds are the National Automatic Sprinkler Industry
Welfare Fund, National Automatic Sprinkler Industry Pension Fund,
and NASI–Local 669 Industry Education Fund.
9 The collective-bargaining agreement was effective from March 1,
1988, to March 3, 1991.
the Guidelines provides for liquidated damages in the
amount of 20 percent on fund contributions that are more
than 1 month delinquent, and article VII provides for 12
percent interest on delinquent payments, in addition to the
liquidated damages.10 Our reading of the Guidelines was
specifically corroborated by the credited testimony of the
funds’ administrator, Michael Jacobson. We accordingly
agree with the judge’s finding that the record establishes
that the Respondent agreed to pay interest and liquidated
damages on delinquent fund payments.11
As requested in the cross-exceptions pending before
us, we modify the judge’s recommended Order to pro-
vide for such interest payments and liquidated damages,
which the judge inadvertently omitted. In so ordering,
we observe that the Board is not awarding these sums as
an arbitrary exercise of discretion or as a penalty. Ra-
ther, pursuant to our remedial authority, we are enforcing
the parties’ lawful contractual provisions. There is no
contention before us that the Respondent, in agreeing to
these provisions, acted under duress, that there was no
meeting of the minds, or that there was any form of con-
duct implicating any other recognized defense to liability
under the contract. Our remedy is thus based solely on
the parties’ agreement concerning how this specific form
of breach should be remedied.12 Furthermore, given the
Board’s statutory duty to protect the process and preserve
the results of collective bargaining, it would be incon-
gruous for the Board to “second guess a collectively-
bargained remedy.”13
Finally, we acknowledge that in 2003, the Eleventh
Circuit Court of Appeals, in an unpublished decision in a
civil contempt proceeding, affirmed a district court’s
decision finding that the Respondent was financially un-
able to comply with the Board’s make-whole order.14
The Respondent’s monetary ability to comply with the
make-whole order is not, however, a relevant considera-
tion at this stage of the proceeding. See E.L.C. Electric,
Inc., 348 NLRB 301, 302 fn. 6 (2006) (“[I]t is well set-

10 The Respondent, in its exceptions to the judge’s supplemental de-
cision, does not dispute that the governing fund documents provide for
liquidated damages and interest based on delinquent payments.
11 NLRB v. G & T Terminal Packaging Co., 246 F.3d 103, 128 (2d
Cir. 2001), in which the court declined to enforce the Board’s order
providing for liquidated damages, is distinguishable. In that case, un-
like here, the applicable trust documents that provided for liquidated
damages were not incorporated into the parties’ collective-bargaining
agreement. See Ryan Iron Works, supra at 896 (distinguishing G & T
Terminal on similar grounds).
12 See Ryan Iron Works, supra at 895 fn. 13 (citing cases).
13 Id. (Member Liebman, concurring). Nor are the applicable per-
centage rates here impermissible. Id.
14 NLRB v. Triple A Fire Protection, 2003 WL 23207692, 174
LRRM 2128 (S.D. Ala. 2003), affd. No. 96-6944 (11th Cir. 2003).
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tled that the issue in a backpay proceeding is the amount
due, not a respondent’s ability to pay.”).
ORDER
The National Labor Relations Board adopts the rec-
ommended Order of the administrative law judge as
modified and set forth in full below and orders that the
Respondent, Triple A Fire Protection, Mobile, Alabama,
its officers, agents, successors, and assigns, shall (1)
make whole the individuals named below by paying
them the amounts following their names, plus interest on
the backpay due the employees as prescribed in New
Horizons, 283 NLRB 1173 (1987), minus tax withhold-
ings on the backpay due the employees required by Fed-
eral and State laws; and (2) make whole the benefit funds
in the amounts set forth below, plus interest in the
amount of 12 percent and liquidated damages in the
amount of 20 percent.

National Automatic Sprinkler
Industry Welfare Fund $2,918,291.18
National Automatic Sprinkler
Industry Pension Fund 2,202,284.10
NASI-Local 669 Industry
Education Fund $ 118,278.26
SUBTOTAL $5,238,853.54

Joseph William Adair $ 30,845.06
John R. Albritton 9,721.37
Robert Scott Albritton 3,612.69
Chance Corbett Alday 637.30
Dustin Aaron Allen 329.97
Joshua A. Allen 672.88
Lakendrick D. Allen 451.94
Ryan Christopher Allen 12,818.54
Joshua Lee Amundson 3,142.37
Adam N. Andrews 735.34
Justin Clay Andrews 556.42
John Henry Arendall 61,393.70
William Daniel Armstrong 50,296.60
Joshua Matthew Arnold 6,774.46
Jeffrey Kyle Averette 4,894.88
Jonathan Royce Averette 9,224.62
Randolph P. Bacchus 19,085.44
Bradley Allen Bailey 203.28
Christopher W. Bailey 5,871.53
Coty Jared Bailey 6,714.24
Phillip Edward Bailey 19,719.03
Robert Paul Bailey 934.92
Willie S. Baines, Jr. 1,822.68
Carlton D. Barker, Jr. 19,283.31
Donald L. Barnette 88,390.16
Javier Barrera 1 4,096.88
Eric Shane Beech 1,093.43
Joey L. Beech 1,245.09
Michael Chad Bennett 222.72
Jason K. Black 1,672.80
Henry Williams Blevins 3,761.10
Lovevan Bolden 19,514.55
Dale Russell Booth 1,282.67
Nicolas Ryan Boothe 2,886.79
Paul Emmett Botter, Jr. 5,674.90
John S. Bowden 4,565.76
James Eric Bozone 533.61
Gregory Bramlett 53,006.31
Gerry E. Brannon 5,722.02
Alan L. Branton 5,998.06
Craig Michael Breland 2,992.52
Henry Michael Breland 8,102.78
Matthew Breland 8,285.88
Darrell K. Brewer 4,249.09
Charles Dwight Briggs 4,192.43
Elbert B. Briggs, Jr. 1,546.64
Troy P. Brock 1,701.61
John Wesley Brock, Jr. 11,246.75
Richard S. Bromley 1,314.72
Byron B. Brooks 2,466.69
Justin Curtis Brooks 8,510.63
Chad Austin Brown 2,597.24
Jerome Brown 2,943.18
Michael Anthony Brown 51,644.77
William C. Browne 1,151.92
Seth Adam Buckles 1,823.52
Jeremy D. Burns 516.41
Andrew Scott Burt 48,027.85
Dewuane Lamar Busby 2,027.22
William Anthony Byrd 7,934.53
Gregory DeWayne Byrge 355.55
Elmer E. Callhan III 143.52
Chad Daniel Calloway 2,678.00
Steven Michael Campbell 718.17
James L. Cansler 4,722.03
Steven Ross Caraway 1,911.89
Tyler Stacey Carpenter 902.94
Jerry Douglas Carr 8,104.32
Daryle Edward Carter 347.27
Tracy Delaney Chambers 1,548.77
Beau James Chautin 3,384.30
Timothy Chestang 1,927.15
Ricky Shane Clark 56,219.12
William Blake Clark 1,106.64
Steve L. Clark, Jr. 25,643.03
Herman Wesley Clary III 80,809.21
George Cobb 151.52
Rodney I. Connell 8,386.80
James Dustin Cook 6,520.44
DECISIONS OF THE NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD 696
Benjamon Ok Cooley 5,667.72
James D. Cooper 440.73
James Harvey Cowart 1,581.66
William Scott Cowling 2,360.93
Kevin Cramer 8,283.80
John Roland Criswell III 31,423.28
Shane Powell Crowson 7,744.58
Kenneth Lee Cushman 429.84
Tommy Dahl 9,662.45
Gary A. D’Angelo 5,691.84
Brent Colin Daughdrill 4,683.69
Donald Wayne Davidson 248.22
Jason Bernard Davis 2,679.04
Jeffrey B. Davison 515.04
Joshua Aaron Deakle 1,931.54
Cecil L. Daw, Jr. 534.11
Scott J. DeRouen 7,027.40
Keith Alan Dickerson 355.37
Lance Eliott Diehl 310.56
Samuel David Doggett 6,319.68
Jerry Mason DuBoise, Jr. 3,092.66
Michael Shane Duckworth 67,903.96
Robert Allen Duke 3,744.48
Edward Lee Dunlap 13,708.49
Michael Shane Easterling 430.56
Philip L. Edmonds 42,673.34
Vance C. Edwards 17,079.97
Brian James Ellis 1,646.04
Frankie L. Ellis 2,265.73
Michael R. Ellis 7,273.12
Marcus Heath Emerson 14,147.64
James Kevin Emmons 1,843.95
Charles M. Farley 26,215.88
Noah A. Farley 5,742.13
Richard Chad Faulkner 12,122.69
Fred W. Ficklin 203.28
Robert Samuel Fleming 7,890.30
Matthew L. Flint 7,890.30
Russell A. Flowers 56,004.21
Steve D. Foster 14,580.84
Gordon Wayne Fowler 3,314.52
Markal G. Fowler 5,377.01
Kenneth Paul Foxhall 511.13
Joey Wayne Freeman 18,539.57
Aaron James Frye 7,629.33
Bradley G. Gartman 4,981.22
Adrian Garza 8,747.37
Joel Garza 14,559.34
Manuel Garza 7,253.55
Manuel Garza Garza 23,803.89
Eric LaShaun Gibson 11,452.79
John Gindle 1,370.04
Frank W. Glass 1,965.04
Leonard Bruce Goldman 3,850.91
Jimmy Wayne Goodman 769.13
John David Grant Goodman 1,824.25
James Payton Goodwin 10,577.10
Benjamin Adam Gordon 7,298.18
Andrew Douglas Gore 3,497.04
Joshua Earl Grantham 4,995.40
Michael Lamar Griffin 1,902.18
Shawn Kyle Griffin 2,211.65
Curtis Lamar Grimes 33,413.81
Jason A. Guy 4,862.85
James Floyd Guy II 3,244.65
Bradley Ray Hall 2,907.29
Duffy W. Hall 12,904.64
Randal Shane Hamblin 1,340.88
Terry A. Hamilton 142.89
Terry Allen Hamilton 611.42
Timothy Paul Hammac 338.80
Timothy Jason Harbin 7,977.96
Charles Edward Harrell 4,751.67
Dustin Elliott Harrell 303.59
Terrell Lane Harris 4,417.80
James Howard Harrison 440.73
Dana Edward Hartley 984.88
Walter B. Harvison 504.66
Richard Leo Headrick 5,293.08
John Hedrick 1,861.02
Aaron Michael Hedstrom 11,120.07
Jonathan D. Herring 871.01
Russell Lee Herring 51,163.38
Matthew M. Hess 675.12
Jesse B. Higginbotham 563.41
John Cecil Hill 4,140.18
Wesley P. Hodge 517.60
Eric D. Holderfield 5,856.84
Michael Jack Holliman 30,669.98
John T. Holloman 14,442.50
Garrett Homan 733.24
Clifton Reed Horn 1,558.00
Tracy Jerome Horn 6,435.98
Levi Horn, Jr. 107,570.23
Jason Marlin Hoven 35,354.75
Leonard Chapman Hoven 33,920.84
Emmanuel Lamar Howle 847.85
Eric Shane Hubbert 12,581.78
Jeremy Michael Hudson 4,014.18
John Austin Huggins 8,190.18
Justin Cole Hyatt 1,021.52
Anthony Curtis Ingram 9,830.04
James Danny Ivy 1,229.30
Ricky D. Ivy 1,745.43
TRIPLE A FIRE PROTECTION, INC. 697
Robert T. Jernigan 511.29
Charles U. Jockisch 6,596.26
Jerry L. Jockisch 10,839.91
David Maurice Johnson 8,545.92
Jason Johnson 8,545.92
Jonathan C. Johnson 2,084.07
Bobby C. Jones 6,190.76
Gary L. Jones 1,966.88
Joseph R. Jones 220.22
Michael J. Jones 30,278.07
Randolph Vernon Jones 21,684.51
Robert Anthony Jones 674.90
Curtis William Jordan 8,655.58
James T. Keebler 745.36
Brian David Kennedy 4,871.52
Kenneth D. Kilburn 6,538.49
Johnny A. Kinbrough, Jr. 135.52
Michael Len Kirksey 7,089.50
David Leon Kling 82,623.64
George Norman Kling, Jr. 81,185.01
Jeremi R. Knapp 3,271.20
Joshua Lewayne Knapp 4,206.40
Marcus Allen Koester 1,242.24
Gregory Glen Kohn 835.20
Charles C. Kyle 9,462.83
Edward M. Kyle 57,905.96
Charles R. LaCombe II 39.40
Matthew Thomas Ladner 181.16
Jeremy Lane Ladnier 15,674.93
David Lahman 1,677.06
Brian Steven Lane 135.52
Bradley L. Latham 151.52
Joseph R. Lawshe 4,693.50
Samuel Alex Lawson 1,373.58
Paul Samuel Leckie 135.93
Daniel Charles Ledbetter 948.64
Richard A. Lee 631.22
Justin Haas Lins 6,362.47
Homer Jason Lloyd 306.24
Gene Ray Lloyd, Jr. 3,936.43
Daryl Wayne Loper 4,569.24
John Carl Lott 8,981.88
Michael R. Lott 11,772.12
Cleveland Lee Mack 5,907.00
Jeremy Dewayne Malone 1,175.61
Kerry M. Manning 449.03
William Barkley Markham 1,287.36
Stephen Ryan Massey 1,608.08
Donald W. Matthews, Jr. 1,259.26
William Thomas Mayo 1,136.40
Ryan Eugene McAll 4,541.40
Michael C. McCord 303.40
Brandon Antoine McCoy 2,841.72
Broderick Lexar McCoy 1,435.79
Chris McDonald 22,890.66
Chad Wayne McDuffie 1,536.63
Joshua Ray McDuffie 4,941.60
Craig James McEachrom 12,036.56
Tillman Roland McGeehee 4,603.22
Chris E. McGinnis 2,032.80
Edward McGrew 6,334.22
Teddy D. McIlwain 7,958.76
William Anthony McIlwain 6,049.96
George Douglas McKensie 4,398.72
James L. McKensie 2,816.70
Gary A. McLain 2,570.65
Joshua Blake McLaughlin 9,326.40
William Chase McNair 9,824.22
Myles Joseph McNichol 8,452.31
Christopher M. Miller 75.76
Steven Eugene Millsaps 411.51
Vincent M. Minar 2,554.30
Abraham Mitchell 23,604.39
Jerry Wayne Mohren, Jr. 44,886.10
Jerome David Moiren 14,623.61
Donald Jason Morgan 69.70
Bobby L. Mosley 5,050.11
Christopher Aaron Mudd 32,160.22
Fred Gene Murphy 167.16
Timothy Earl Murray 849.12
Michael William Myles 5,611.50
Deundrak Leshun Napier 11,136.00
Joshua Quentin Napier 1,306.09
Tracy Napier 7,471.62
Adam Lane Neighbors 897.00
Dustin Baker Nelson 14,666.46
Jessie Frank Nelson 16,615.69
Samuel Wade Nelson 20,325.20
Ronald Allen Newman II 101.20
Grant C. Nichols 66,743.77
Robert Nichols 243.54
Jeremy Richard Nolan 1,360.68
Michael Ryan Nolen 1,014.69
Jatten R. Norris 6,525.00
Jonathan Reeves Odom 299.28
Salomon Vasquez Olguin 15,268.28
Daniel Lee Oliveira 857.31
Joseph Edward Owens 1,112.73
Joseph Hayden Owens 537.01
Anthony Jabari Owes 922.20
Jerome C. Page 868.18
Alan Fank Parden 103.52
Matthew Brent Parnell 1,910.52
Dwight D. Patteson 1,956.04
DECISIONS OF THE NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD 698
Edward Harold Pegg III 2,727.45
Marvin Peterson 9,456.90
James Glenn Philen 23,841.08
Steven Blake Phillips 30,467.41
Thomas Chad Phillips 16,131.03
Zachary E. Phillips 13,352.76
Jason A. Pierce 6,304.68
Justin Carl Pierce 9,802.25
Samuel L. Pierce 407.12
Daryl Lynn Poole 11,314.53
Dustin Ray Powell 769.93
Ronald Dale Price, Jr. 601.71
Michael Price–Williams 3,418.67
Timothy W. Primm 2,710.40
Latonio K. Pritchett 993.51
Kevin Ronald Pugh 7,695.00
Donald Gordon Reed 20,048.34
Douglas Alan Reed 10,319.36
Jonathan D. Reed 522.06
Ronald V. Reed 17,561.39
David G. Reed III 51,273.00
David Gordon Reed, Jr. 5,621.94
Michael Shane Rester 1,051.17
Jacob K. Reynolds 2,446.47
Dale Rayburn Richard II 634.06
James Steven Richardson 2,898.87
Joshua Keith Richardson 4,639.39
John C. Rimmer 6,625.00
Keith Allen Robinson 592.90
Timothy M. Robinson 2,533.44
Michael W. Rodgers 59.40
Joshua Ryan Rogers 2,115.84
Harvey Rogers, Jr. 2,644.71
Richard Howard Roper 2,561.28
Richard Roscoe 708.76
Kevin Wayne Rush 5,796.60
Justin H. Safarin 2,825.76
Julio Sanchez 7,458.29
Joshua L. Sanders 37,321.11
Steven Gerard Schwent 1,697.40
Charles Jason Scott 7,496.15
Johah Lasagne Scott 5,261.61
Jamie Ryan Seale 57.34
James A. Serritelli, Jr. 254.10
Grady D. Sexton 1,567.36
Marc Lee Shamp 1,685.44
John Benjamin Shelby 5,048.87
Zachary Shontreal Shell 1,883.54
James Monroe Shinkle 12,382.61
Billy Joe Simmons 5,590.20
Josh T. Simmons 7,048.83
Fred Douglas Sims, Jr. 42,314.12
David W. Smith 3,603.57
Jamie Hunter Smith 608.18
Lawrence S. Smith 7,630.72
Sedrick L. Smith 3,189.69
Thomas Ray Smith 4,450.90
Vaudy Scott Smith 51.76
Clayton P. Smith, Jr. 19,102.39
Carlos Jose Socorro 23,866.18
Joshua T. Southerland 18,517.90
Samuel E. Southerland, Jr. 28,630.89
Brandon Grant Starling 108.78
David Scott Stearman, Jr. 2,785.01
Jason H. Sterns 465.85
Jesse Scott Stewart 2,924.63
Marlon Elliot Stiers 2,549.47
Terrell Harlan Still 1,132.25
Bennett Raye Stoker 8,128.42
Daniel Ryan Stokley 3,841.92
Jason P. Strickland 2,121.74
Charles J. Stringer 25,156.00
Stringfellow, Chad Allen 2,822.85
Michael A. Stringfellow 932.88
Stephen T. Stringfellow 15,830.98
Cbase Allen Sweatt 1,543.28
Jonathan W. Sullivan 424.83
Johnny D. Tapper, Jr. 45,785.66
Christopher M. Taylor 28,440.66
Patrick Lee Taylor 401.14
Steven Mark Taylor, Jr. 1,861.00
Thomas Lloyd Temple 5,722.02
Philip Alan Thames 15,009.68
Phillip E. Thornberg 14,240.16
George Kevin Thornton 3,224.57
Mark Ellis Tuberville, Jr. 3,245.10
Charles Brady Tucker 13,749.48
Chris Kelly Tucker 18,636.75
James Tucker 1,628.64
Adrian W. Turner 2,906.40
Levon Ray Turner 1,558.82
Michael David Turner 38,672.76
Russell Patrick Turner 2,625.35
Chad Guy Tyler 965.79
Aric Lee Vertrees 36,358.80
John T. Wade 283.75
Charles Kennedy Walters 5,129.01
Roy C. Ward 890.88
Jack T. Ward, Jr. 27,890.47
Michael Ware 508.20
Anthony Blake Wasylow 4,635.76
Jesse Steven Watkins 26,940.54
Shane Wesley Watson 8,360.90
Vincent Earl Watts 2,446.55
TRIPLE A FIRE PROTECTION, INC. 699
Robert J. Weatherly III 3,571.10
Anthony Elliott Weaver 7,784.76
Douglas Allen Weaver 571.88
James Weaver 5,387.58
Kimmie Rogers Weaver 1,973.95
Tony Elliott Weaver 1,155.36
Louis G. Weaver, Jr. 4,784.54
Brandon Michael Wells 889.63
Earl E. Wheeler 34,846.43
Milton James Wheeler 2,644.75
Michael James White, Jr. 2,358.03
Christopher K. Wiggins 926.28
Randall Eric Wilbur 34,059.61
David A. Wilkerson, Jr. 478.78
Michael B. Willard 420.55
Adam Matthew Williams 1,357.20
Eric Shane Williams 14,167.98
Johnnie Russell Williams 167.04
Joshua Colby Williams 7,762.38
Michael Shane Williams 8,740.16
Patrick Henry Williams 18,437.28
Stephen Shea Williams 376.74
Timothy M. Williams 446.43
Brandon Taylor Wilson 3,740.11
Charles Wade Wilson 57,538.16
John Asher Wilson 3,250.32
John Franklin Wilson 2,256.45
Dell Lee Wright 719.72
James Terrell Yates 8,590.62
Brian Franklin Yell 3,455.64
Brian Dewyan Young 597.60
Donnie Ray Zundel, Jr. 1,082.56
SUBTOTAL $3,846,526.81
TOTAL $9,085,380.35

Beauford Pines, Esq., for the General Counsel.
Willis C. Darby, Jr., Esq. and Elizabeth Darby Rehm, Esq., for
the Respondent.
Jason J. Valtos, Esq. and William W. Osborne, Jr., Esq., for the
Charging Party.
SUPPLEMENTAL DECISION
STATEMENT OF THE CASE
KELTNER W. LOCKE, Administrative Law Judge. Respond-
ent, Triple A Fire Protection, Inc., has been found guilty of
committing certain unfair labor practices. This proceeding de-
termines Respondent’s liability to make its employees whole,
by payments to them and to certain benefit funds for the period
April 22, 1991, through April 22, 2008 (the “backpay period”).
For brevity, this obligation will be called Respondent’s “back-
pay liability.” Because Respondent had not remedied the unfair
labor practices as of April 22, 2008, the amount of backpay and
benefits has continued to accrue. The computation of those
additional amounts must be left to further proceedings.
For the backpay period at issue here, Respondent will dis-
charge its obligations by making payment of $3,846,526.81 in
backpay and $5,238,854.54 in back benefit fund contributions,
together with interest.
PROCEDURAL HISTORY
At all material times, the Union, United Association of Jour-
neymen and Apprentices of the Plumbing and Pipefitting Indus-
try of the United States and Canada, Road Sprinkler Fitters
Local Union No. 669, AFL–CIO, has represented a unit of Re-
spondent’s employees.
On October 31, 1994, the Board issued a Decision and Order
which found, among other things, the following: (1) That by
various acts in February 1991 and March 1993, Respondent
violated Section 8(a)(5) and (1) of the Act by bypassing the
Union and dealing directly with bargaining unit employees
concerning wages, hours, and working conditions. (2) That
Respondent violated Section 8(a)(5) and (1) of the Act when,
effective April 22, 1991, it unilaterally ceased making required
fringe-benefit payments to established benefit plans. (3) That
Respondent violated Section 8(a)(5) and (1) of the Act when,
effective Apri1 22, 1993, it unilaterally reduced the wage rates
for bargaining unit employees hired on or after April 22, 1991.
The Board ordered Respondent to cease and desist from this
unlawful conduct and to take certain actions to remedy the
unfair labor practices. These actions included the following, if
requested by the Union: Resuming participation in and making
contributions to the fringe benefit plans to which Respondent
had stopped contributions effective April 22, 1991, and rescind-
ing any or all changes in wage rates or benefits which Re-
spondent implemented unilaterally effective April 22, 1991.
The Board further ordered Respondent to make whole the unit
employees and fringe benefit funds. Triple A Fire Protection,
Inc., 315 NLRB 409 (1994).
On March 3, 1998, the United States Court of Appeals for
the Eleventh Circuit entered its judgment enforcing the Board’s
Order. NLRB v. Triple A Fire Protection, Inc., 136 F.3d 727
(1998), cert. den. sub nom. Triple A Fire Protection v. NLRB,
30 325 U.S. 1067 (1999).
Thereafter, the Board initiated compliance proceedings. On
July 1, 2008, the Regional Director for Region 15 of the Board
issued a Third Amended Compliance Specification and Notice
of Hearing (the “Specification”).
On August 18, 2008, Respondent filed an answer to the
Specification, admitting in part and denying in part the allega-
tions in the Specification, and raising certain affirmative de-
fenses.
On November 12, 2008, the Union filed a motion to strike
portions of Respondent’s answer. On November 21,2008, the
General Counsel filed a motion in support of the Union’s mo-
tion. On December 5, 2008, the Board issued an Order granting
in part the motion to strike and granting in full the motion for
partial summary judgment.
On December 11, 2008, Respondent filed a motion to file an
out-of-time response to the Union’s motion. On December 17,
2008, the Board issued an Order rescinding its December 5,
2008, Order and a Notice to Show Cause why the Union’s mo-
tions should not granted. The Order further stated that in light
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of these rulings, Respondent’s motion to file a response out
oftime was moot.
On December 19, 2008, Respondent filed a response to the
Union’s motion for partial summary judgment. The Union filed
a brief in reply.
On January 5, 2009, Respondent filed a motion for summary
judgment. The General Counsel and the Union thereafter, filed
briefs in opposition.
On January 30, 2009, the Board issued a Supplemental Deci-
sion and Order which granted portions of the Union’s motion to
strike and portions of the Union’s motion for partial summary
judgment and denied Respondent’s motion for summary judg-
ment. Triple A Fire Protection, Inc., 353 NLRB 838 (2009).
On May 4 and 5, 2009, I conducted a hearing in this matter
in Mobile, Alabama. Thereafter, the parties filed briefs.
The Board’s January 30, 2009 Decision
a. Allegations Deemed Substantiated
Section 102.56(b) of the Board’s Rules and Regulations es-
tablishes the standard for judging whether a respondent suffi-
ciently has answered the allegations raised by a compliance
specification. Denials “shall fairly meet the substance of the
allegations of the specification at issue.” Moreover, as to “all
matters within the knowledge of the respondent . . . a general
denial shall not suffice. As to such matters, if the respondent
disputes either the accuracy of the figures in the specification or
the premises on which they are based, the answer shall specifi-
cally state the basis for such disagreement, setting forth in de-
tail the respondent’s position as to the applicable premises and
furnishing the appropriate supporting figures.”
If a respondent fails to comply with these requirements, the
Board may, pursuant to Section 102.56(c), “either with or with-
out taking evidence in support of the allegations of the specifi-
cation and without further notice to the respondent, find the
specification to be true and enter such order as may be appro-
priate.”
In its January 30, 2009, Supplemental Decision and Order,
the Board concluded that Respondent did not answer para-
graphs 7 through 10 of the Specification with the specificity
required by Section 102.56(b). In reaching this conclusion, the
Board considered both Respondent’s answer to the Specifica-
tion and the argunlents it advanced in response to the Union’s
motion. However, these additional arguments and assertions did
not cure the defects in Respondent’s answer.
Granting portions of the Union’s motion, the Board found
substantiated the allegations raised in Specification paragraphs
7 through 10. Based upon the Board’s grant of summary judg-
ment with respect to these paragraphs (which are identified by
number below) I make the following findings:

7. An appropriate measure of the backpay (wages) due the
423 employees identified in the Specification’s appendices is
the number of hours worked times the wage differential (i.e.,
the difference between the contractual hourly wage rate
of$15.47 and the reduced rate paid by the Respondent).

8. The wages due these employees are set forth in appendices
to the Specification, specifically, Appendix B - 1991 through
Appendix B - 2008 (a year-by-year account) and sununarized
in Appendix C.

9. Pursuant to Articles 19 through 21 of the collective-
bargaining agreement, for each hour worked the Respondent
was obligated to remit the following amounts for each em-
ployee to the funds named below:
National Automatic Sprinkler Industry Welfare Fund:
$2.65 (per hour).
National Automatic Sprinkler Industry Pension Fund:
$2.00 (per hour).
NASI-Local 669 Industry Education Fund: $ 0.18 (per
hour).
Total Hourly Funds Contribution Rate: $4.83 (per
hour).

10. An appropriate measure of amounts owed the Union ben-
efit funds for Sprinkler Fitter Journeymen or Apprentices em-
ployed under the National Agreement of 1988-1991 at any
time during the period beginning April 22, 1991, through
April 22, 2008 is the number of hours multiplied by the Total
Hourly Funds Contribution Rate of $4.83 an hour. Calcula-
tions are performed on a yearly basis for each covered em-
ployee. An example of the amount owed to the three funds for
an individual employed in 1991, is the number of hours
worked by a covered employee in 1991 times $4.83 per hour.
b. Defenses Stricken
The Union moved to strike certain affirmative defenses
raised by Respondent. The Board granted portions of the mo-
tion to strike because these defenses raised issues which had
been litigated and decided in the underlying unfair labor prac-
tice proceeding. Specifically, the Board struck the following
defenses:

First Defense: That the Board’s regional director had
no authority to include in the underlying complaint para-
graphs alleging that the Union was the Section 9(a) repre-
sentative of an appropriate unit and that Respondent vio-
lated Section 8(a)(5) and (I).
Second Defense: That the Union terminated the par-
ties’ contract at midnight, March 31, 1991, and struck the
Respondent.
Fourth Defense: That the union-security clause of the
parties’ contract expired on March 31, 1991. (That clause
provides, among other things, that nonmember employees
shall be paid at the contractual journeyman’s rate with
contributions to the benefit plans.) This defense further as-
serted that the journeyman’s rate provision cited
in Respondent’s third defense “became inoperable” on April
I, 1991, when, according to Respondent’s claim, the employ-
ees engaged in a strike of the Respondent.

Twelfth Defense: That the Union tried to force the Respond-
ent to select the National Fire Sprinkler Association as Re-
spondent’s collective-bargaining representative in violation of
Section 8(b)(I)(B) of the Act and that the Union engaged in
piecemeal bargaining.

At this stage of the proceeding, Respondent may not resur-
rect and reiitigate assertions which the Board considered and
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rejected earlier. Accordingly, Respondent may not be heard to
assert that the Union was not the exclusive representative of
bargaining unit employees pursuant to Section 9(a) of the Act.
Respondent also may not be heard to assert that the Union ter-
minated the parties contract at midnight, March 31, 1991, or
that the Union engaged in a strike against Respondent. Just as
Respondent may not at this point assert that the Union engaged
in a strike, it may not be heard to claim that this (nonexistent)
strike rendered the collective-bargaining agreement “inopera-
ble.”
The Board struck Respondent’s twelfth defense “insofar as it
depends on the contentions that the Union unlawfully engaged
in piecemeal bargaining or that the Union bargained in bad
faith with no intention to agree to a contract other than one
which mirrored the national collective-bargaining agreement
between the Union and the National Fire Sprinkler Associa-
tion.” Accordingly, these matters are not in issue in this pro-
ceeding.
Of course, Respondent may not be heard to deny that it vio-
lated Section 8(a)(5) and (1) of the Act. The prior decisions of
the Board and the United States Court of Appeals settle that
issue conclusively.
In addition to striking Respondent’s defenses discussed
above, the Board also struck paragraph 4 of Respondent’s An-
swer “insofar as it denies that the Respondent unilaterally re-
duced wages or asserts that the Union commenced a strike
against the Respondent at midnight on March 31, 1991.”
c. Defenses Not Stricken
The Board’s January 30, 2009 Decision and Order did not
strike Respondent’s eighth defense, which asserts that the Un-
ion lost its majority status on or before January 17, 1992. The
Board declined to strike this defense, “without prejudice to its
raising these arguments before the administrative law judge.”
d. Respondent’s Motion for Summary Judgment
As noted above, the Board’s January 30, 2009 Supplemental
Decision and Order denied Respondent’s motion for summary
judgment in its entirety.
WITHDRAWN ALLEGATION
During the hearing, the General Counsel withdrew Specifica-
tion Paragraph 12, which had alleged that Respondent also was
required to make individuals whole for certain medical expens-
es. Withdrawal of this paragraph removes it from my consid-
eration and I make no findings regarding it.
ANALYSIS
Specification paragraph 1 alleges that the Board found that at
least since October 1986, the Union has been the 9(a) exclusive
bargaining representative of the Respondent’s employees in a
bargaining unit described as:

All Journeymen Sprink1er Fitters and Apprentices employed
by Triple A Fire Protection who are engaged in all work as set
forth in Article 18 of the national agreement of 1988–1991.

Respondent’s answer admitted this allegation with the quali-
fication that the collective-bargaining agreement only applied
to field construction employees and excluded shop employees.
The collective-bargaining agreement does not make a distinc-
tion between “shop employees” and “field employees.”
Moreover, credible testimony establishes that Respondent’s
“shop employees” also performed work in the field. Converse-
ly, no credible evidence suggests that any individual was ex-
cluded from the bargaining unit because he or she primarily
worked in the shop.
The Specification identifies those employees for whom the
General Counsel seeks a make whole remedy. Respondent has
not proven that any of these workers was not a member of the
bargaining unit.
In sum, I conclude that the General Counsel has proven the
allegations raised by Specification Paragraph 1.
Specification paragraph 2 alleges that the Board found that,
effective April 22, 1991, Respondent violated Section 8(a)(5)
and (1) of the Act when it ceased making the required fringe
benefit payments to established benefit plans. Respondent has
admitted this allegation. Moreover, because the Board already
decided this matter in the underlying unfair labor practice pro-
ceeding, it may not be relitigated now. Accordingly, I find that
the General Counsel has proven the allegations raised in Speci-
fication paragraph 2.
Specification paragraph 3 alleges that the Board found that
effective April 22, 1991, Respondent violated Section 8(a)(5)
and (1) of the Act when it unilaterally reduced wages below the
contractual wage rate of $15.47 per hour. In its answer, Re-
spondent partially admitted this allegation but denied that it
reduced the wages of any incumbent employee at any time.
The Board already has found that Respondent violated the
Act by unilaterally reducing wage rates and that issue may not
be relitigated here. Respondent might still, of course, litigate
whether individuals listed in the Specification were members of
the bargaining unit and therefore affected by the unlawful wage
rate reduction. In theory, other grounds might exist to support
an argument that a certain listed individual was not affected by
the unlawful wage rate reduction. One hypothetical example
might concern an employee whom the bookkeeping department
overlooked when it reduced the wage rates of other employees
and whose wage rate, therefore, was not reduced.
However, Respondent would know of any such instances be-
cause it has custody of its own payroll records. Therefore, un-
der Section 102.56(b) of the Board’s Rules, Respondent had a
duty to set forth in its answer the specific details and to provide
supporting figures. Respondent’s answer did not. In the ab-
sence of such figures and persuasive evidence to establish their
accuracy, I conclude that the General Counsel has proven the
allegations raised in Specification paragraph 3.
Paragraph 4 of the Specification alleges that the backpay pe-
riod alleged in the Specification begins April 22, 1991, when
Respondent ceased remitting the fringe benefit payments and
unilaterally reduced wages. In its October 31,1994 Supple-
mental Decision, the Board found that Respondent made the
unilateral changes on April 22, 1991, and that finding may not
be relitigated now. Specification paragraph 4 simply alleges
that the backpay period began the day after the unfair labor
practices. I conclude that the General Counsel has proven the
allegations raised in Specification paragraph 4.
DECISIONS OF THE NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD 702
Specification paragraph 5 alleges that the backpay period is
ongoing and will continue until Respondent resumes the pay-
ment of the proper wage rates and the remittance of fringe ben-
efit contributions. It further alleges that the figures set forth in
the Specification only cover the period from April 22, 1991,
through April 22, 2008. Respondent stipulated at hearing that it
had not resumed payment at these wage rates. I conclude that
the General Counsel has proven the allegations raised in Speci-
fication paragraph 5.
Specification paragraph 6 alleges that during the period be-
ginning April 22, 1991, through April 22, 2008, the Respond-
ent, at various times, employed a total of 423 employees. The
Specification identified these employees in its Appendix A.
Based upon the entire record, and in the absence of credible
evidence that any of the listed individuals did not work in the
bargaining unit during a portion of this period, I find that the
General Counsel has proven the allegations raised in Specifica-
tion paragraph 6.
In its January 30, 2009 Supplemental Decision and Order,
the Board granted summary judgment with respect to the alle-
gations in Specification paragraphs 7 through 10. Accordingly,
I conclude that the General Counsel has established these alle-
gations.
One portion of Respondent’s backpay liability arises because
Respondent failed to make contributions, on behalf of employ-
ees, to certain benefit funds, as required by the collective-
bargaining agreement. One of these funds is an education fund.
During the hearing, the General Counsel elicited testimony
from the compliance officer who performed the calculations
described in the Specification. She testified that the Specifica-
tion assumes that Respondent should have paid 18 cents to the
education fund for every hour worked by an employee, but that
the calculations instead should have been based on a rate of 10
cents per hour.
The General Counsel introduced into evidence, as General
Counsel’s Exhibit 4, corrected calculations based upon the 10-
cents-per-hour rate. The compliance officer testified, and I find,
that this correction decreased the Respondent’s backpay liabil-
ity (from the amount described in the Specification) by
$79,455.90.
Respondent’s “Loss of Majority Status” Defense
Respondent’s eighth defense asserted that the Union lost its
majority status on or before January 17, 1992, that none of the
employees hired after April 1, 1991, paid dues, that no griev-
ances were filed after April 8, 1991, and that on November 15,
1999, a decertification petition was filed on behalf of 25 of 28
bargaining unit employees. The Board’s January 30, 2009 Sup-
plemental Decision and Order denied the Union’s motion to
strike this defense, “without prejudice to its raising these argu-
ments before the administrative law judge.”
During the hearing, Respondent sought to modifY its eighth
defense to correct what its counsel indicated was an inadvertent
error. Instead of asserting that the Union lost its majority status
on or before January 17, 1992, the defense, as modified, would
aver that the Union lost its majority status on or after January
17, 1992.
Respondent’s counsel represented that his use of the word
“before” was an inadvertent error: “I did not mean to say ‘be-
fore,’ but 1 surely said it.” Accepting counsel’s representation
that use of “before” was an unintended error, 1 will consider
whether the Union lost its majority status at any time, either
before or after January 17, 1992.
Although the present facts are somewhat different from those
before the Board in Levitz Furniture Co. of the Pacific, Inc.,
333 NLRB 717 (2001), that decision reiterates two well-
established principles which are relevant here. First, an em-
ployer contesting an incumbent union’s majority status must
rebut the continuing presumption that the union enjoys such
status.
Second, employers may not withdraw recognition in a con-
text of serious unremedied unfair labor practices tending to
cause employees to become disaffected from the union. See,
e.g., Williams Enterprises, 312 NLRB 937, 939–940 (1993),
enfd. 50 F.3d 1280 (4th Cir. 40 1995).
No evidence indicates that the Union disavowed its status as
exclusive bargaining representative or otherwise abandoned the
bargaining unit employees. To the contrary, the evidence clear-
ly demonstrates that the Union has continued its efforts to vin-
dicate the employees who have been harmed by Respondent’s
unfair labor practices.
Respondent’s unlawful unilateral changes in terms and con-
ditions of employment clearly signaled that the ordinary way a
union represents employees—in negotiations with the employ-
er—was not working. Instead, the Union took legal steps to
require Respondent to bargain with it in good faith and to rem-
edy the unfair labor practices which harmed that relationship.
The present case began when the Union filed the unfair labor
practice charge against Respondent almost 2 decades ago. Since
then, the Union has sought justice on behalf of the employees
with remarkable tenacity. The Union participated, through its
attorney, in the initial unfair labor practice hearings before
Judge Linton. After issuance of the Specification, the Union
moved to strike portions of Respondent’s answer.
Union Counsel fully participated in the compliance hearing
before me and filed a posthearing brief. It did not have to do so.
The General Counsel, acting on behalf of the government,
has responsibility for prosecuting an unfair labor practice case
and a charging party—in this case the Union—has no duty at
all to retain counselor incur legal expenses. If the Union had
abandoned the bargaining unit employees, as Respondent
claims, it seems rather unlikely that it would have sent an attor-
ney from Washington, D.C. to Mobile, Alabama, to represent
the employees’ interests vigorously during the compliance pro-
ceeding.
Moreover, Respondent’s violations of the Act—unilateral
changes in terms of employment without first bargaining with
the Union—are precisely the type of unfair labor practice likely
to cause employees to be disaffected. Applying an objective
standard, I conclude that Respondent’s unlawful unilateral
changes likely would make employees regard the Union as
ineffectual.
Respondent admits that it has not remedied these unfair labor
practices. Accordingly, I reject the Respondent’s argument that
the Union had, at some point, lost its majority status. Respond-
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ent has not carried its burden of rebutting the presumption that
the Union’s majority status continues.
Respondent’s Financial Inability Argument
Respondent argues that it lacks the financial ability to make
the employees whole. Such an argument addresses an issue not
really before me. In a compliance proceeding, the judge does
not look in a respondent’s pocket but rather focuses on the
harm caused by the unlawful conduct to determine what the
respondent must do to remedy it.
In a compliance proceeding, the judge does not impose any
new burden on a respondent. A respondent already bears a bur-
den because it already has been found guilty of violating the
law in a way that caused harm. The compliance judge simply
quantifies that existing burden. Doing so—determining the cost
of making whole those hurt by the unlawful conduct—serves
two purposes. It does justice to the discrirninatees by assuring
that they ultimately suffer no loss, and it does justice to the
respondent by assuring that the amount which must be paid is
remedial rather than punitive.
The compliance judge has no authority to increase or reduce
a respondent’s liability but simply has the responsibility to
measure it. Therefore, a respondent’s argument that it cannot
pay essentially asks the judge to exceed the scope of his author-
ity and consider information irrelevant to his duty.
A respondent’s inability to pay does not constitute a defense
to the determination of backpay liability. Star Grocery Co., 245
NLRB 196, 197 (1970); Coal Rush Mining, Inc., 341 NLRB 32,
33 fn. 2 (2004). Accordingly, the evidence Respondent offered
to support its inability-to-pay argument is immaterial to any
issue properly before me and I reject Respondent’s defense
without regard to that evidence.
However, were I to examine the evidence which Respondent
presented to support its inability-to-pay argument, I would con-
clude that if fell short of establishing such inability. Although
Respondent called two accountants to testify, neither based his
opinion solely on evidence verified by audit conducted in ac-
cordance with generally accepted accounting principles. Rather,
much of the information used by the accountants resulted from
“reviews” of the documentation which Respondent provided.
A “review” is a less exacting accounting procedure which re-
lies upon documents which Respondent provided to its ac-
countant. In an audit, the accountant’s own independent efforts
to verify the information results in a degree of trustworthiness
which a mere review lacks.
In any case, I would accord less weight to an accountant’s
opinion based on a “review” than to an accountant’s opinion
based on an audit. Additionally, based upon the present record,
I have some particular concerns about the reliability and com-
pleteness of financial documents which Respondent furnished
to its accountants.
My concerns arise, in part, because Respondent provided at
least some of this information to the accountants in connection
with the present litigation and, it appears, in anticipation of
their testimony at hearing. Moreover, Respondent’s past actions
in this case have not inspired me to conclude that ordinary cau-
tion should be suspended. In other words, Respondent bore the
burden of persuasion that its witnesses, the accountants, based
their opinions on accurate and complete information about its
financial situation. Respondent did not carry this burden.
In addition to doubts about the quality and completeness of
the information considered by the accountant witnesses, anoth-
er factor affects the weight to be accorded their opinions. It is
appropriate to consider whether an accountant conducting a
review has brought to that task a critical and questioning frame
of mind. Other things being equal, the opinion of a skeptical
and probing accountant weighs more than the opinion of one
who is content to accept on faith the verity of a client’s unsub-
stantiated revelations.
One of the accountants, James Hecker, testified that he did
not review Respondent’s bank statements. Based upon this and
other parts of Hecker’s testimony, I conclude that he made little
effort to confirm the accuracy of the information Respondent
provided him. It appears that a doubting and inquisitive attitude
did not temper Hecker’s analysis.
Moreover, as I noted at trial, the evidence was insufficient to
establish that the unsigned, unverified financial documents
which Respondent provided to Hecker were accurate. Because I
have no confidence in the information upon which Hecker
based his opinion, I likewise have no confidence in his opinion
itself.
The other accountant who testified, Jerome Olsen, described
an analysis he performed based upon financial information
provided by Respondent and the financial reports he had pre-
pared using such information. Some of these financial reports
were audited and others, he testified, were unaudited.
His analysis involved computing the length of an “operating
cycle,” determining the amount of working capital required for
that operating cycle, and comparing that with theamount of
actual working capital available. Olsen testified that he “did an
analysis of about ten jobs” and used that information, together
with the information from Respondent’s 2008 financial state-
ment, to compute the length of an operating cycle, which he
concluded was 133.91 days.
Olsen testified that he calculated that $2,656,382 in working
capital would be required for one operating cycle. He further
testified that “the actual working capital that Triple A had as of
December 31 was $1,196,228, so the shortfall was $1,460,154.”
For several reasons, Olsen’s testimony falls short of estab-
lishing a financial inability to pay. Most fundamentally, Olsen
based his calculations on information supplied by Respondent,
but, based upon the present record, I cannot conclude that such
information was accurate and complete. Thus, Olsen’s opinion
turns on an unknown, the quality of the information. Because of
the principle “garbage in, garbage out,” I cannot simply assume
that some kind of accounting wizardry miraculously made up
for any defects in the information itself.
Olsen testified that he analyzed “about ten jobs” and used
that information in his determination of the length of an operat-
ing cycle. However, the record does not establish that he select-
ed these jobs at random or that they otherwise are a representa-
tive sampling. This reason alone casts some doubt on the relia-
bility of his calculation.
Moreover, Olsen did not explain, and the record otherwise
does not establish, why a shortfall in working capital at one
particular instant in time would support the conclusion that
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Respondent would remain in that financial condition indefinite-
ly or be unable to satisfy its obligations in the future.
The particular instant in time chosen by Olsen—December
31, 2008—is not representative. At least, we all may hope that
conditions on this particular date do not predict the future
health of American businesses. Rather, December 31, 2008,
came at the peak, or approximately the peak, of a serious na-
tionwide financial crisis which now may be abating.
This financial crisis deeply affected the real estate sector,
which Respondent serves by the provision of fire prevention
systems and services. Therefore, I cannot assume without evi-
dence that the crisis had no transient effect on Respondent’s
financial condition. Even assuming that Olsen’s testimony sup-
ported a finding of inability to pay on December 31, 2008—a
conclusion subject to considerable doubt—it does not establish
a continuing inability to pay thereafter, as the economy im-
proved.
In sum, even were I to consider Respondent’s inability-to-
pay defense, which is not within my purview, I would reject it
as unsupported by credible evidence.
The Issue of “Liquidated Damages”
Based on the credited testimony of the Board’s compliance
officer, Debra Warner, and of the trust funds’ administrator,
Michael Jacobson, as well as supporting documentary evidence,
I find that Respondent had agreed both to make payments to the
trust funds on behalf of its employees and, when it delayed
those payments to the point of untimeliness, to pay a delin-
quency penalty. The parties have referred to this latter assess-
ment as “liquidated damages and interest.” Further, I find that
on occasions in the past, Respondent had made such payments.
Contrary to Respondent, I conclude that such “liquidated
damages and interest” properly should be included as part of
Respondent’s backpay obligation. In reaching this conclusion, I
rely on long- and firmly-established precedents.
The Act confers upon the Board broad authority to fashion a
make-whole remedy, but this broad authority does not extend to
the imposition of punitive measures. Republic Steel Corp. v.
NLRB, 311 U.S. 7, 12 (1940); Aneco, Inc. v. NLRB, 285 F.3d
326, 329 (4th Cir. 2002). Each backpay remedy “must be suf-
ficiently tailored to expunge only the actual, and not merely
speculative consequences of the unfair labor practices.” Sure-
Tan, Inc. v. NLRB, 467 U.S. 883, 900, 902–904 (1984) (empha-
sis in original).
In fashioning a backpay order, the objective is to restore “the
situation, as nearly as possible, to that which would have ob-
tained but for the illegal discrimination.” Phelps Dodge Corp.
v. NLRB, 313 U.S. 177, 194 (1941). See also Oil Capitol Sheet
Metal, Inc., 349 NLRB 1348 (2007). Accordingly, in determin-
ing whether an order to pay “liquidated damages” is punitive, it
is appropriate to look to the terms and conditions of employ-
ment in effect before Respondent unlawfully changed them.
Respondent had a contractual obligation to make contribu-
tions to the employee benefit trust funds in accordance with its
agreement with the Union. Under well-established Board law,
this obligation continued even after the expiration date of the
collective-bargaining agreement because this tenn and condi-
tion of employment constituted a mandatory subject of bargain-
ing. In general, an employer may not change such a tenn and
condition of employment except by reaching agreement with
the union, reaching a lawful impasse during negotiations, or
after the union representing the affected employees has waived
its right to bargain. (A very narrow exception does allow a
nilateral change in certain exigent circumstances.) See Food &
Commercial Workers Local 653 (Freeman Decorating Co.),
335 NLRB 71 (2001).
Respondent had agreed to the contractual provisions requir-
ing the payment of “liquidated damages” to the trust funds and
thus this obligation had become a term and condition of em-
ployment. It concerned a mandatory subject of bargaining.
This term and condition of employment wasn’t simply to pay
a trust fund a certain specified amount for every hour worked
by the bargaining unit employee. Rather, the term and condition
of employment was that Respondent would make payments to
the trust funds in accordance with its agreement. Failure to
satisfy any particular obligation created by the agreement con-
stituted a unilateral change in the term and condition of em-
ployment.
Thus, requiring Respondent to comply with the liquidated
damages portion of its agreement is not punitive. Rather, hold-
ing Respondent to the terms of the agreement it made is neces-
sary to restore the status quo ante.
In other cases, the Board has required respondents to pay
liquidated damages and/or interest where the respondent has
entered into an agreement (either in the collective-bargaining
agreement itself or in the separate trust fund agreement) to
make such payments under specified circumstances. Merry-
weather Optical Co., 240 NLRB 1213, 1217 fn. 7 (1979);
J.R.R. Realty Co., 301 NLRB 473, 475 fn. 16 (1991). It is simi-
larly appropriate and necessary in the present case.
Specification Paragraph 11
Specification paragraph II alleges that the total due the union
benefit funds for period April 22, 1991, through April 22, 2008,
is set forth in the Specification’s Appendix C. However, as
discussed above, the amounts for education fund contributions
should have been calculated at the rate of $0.10 per hour rather
than $0.18. Corrected calculations appear in the record in Gen-
eral Counsel’s Exhibit 4.
Disputing the General Counsel’s calculations, Respondent
has raised arguments which the Board already addressed in its
January 30, 2009 Supplemental Decision and Order. For exam-
ple, Respondent asserted that none of the Specification’s para-
graphs states a cause of action for payments to fringe benefit
fund because the Specification does not aver that any employee
has a “nonspeculative economic interest” in any of the funds.
The Board considered and rejected this argument.
Respondent also had argued that the Specification did not al-
lege that the funds are mandatory subjects of bargaining and
that the Specification did not state when any employee obtained
an economic interest in any of the funds. The Board considered
and rejected these arguments. The Board’s January 30, 2009
Supplemental Decision and Order stated, in part:

[T]he Respondent’s argument appears to rely in part on the
assumption that the Respondent is only required to make
fringe benefit payments for employees who have a vested in-
TRIPLE A FIRE PROTECTION, INC. 705
terest in receiving the benefits that the funds provide. Howev-
er, the Board has never made such a distinction in awarding a
make-whole remedy to benefit funds. Rather, if a respondent
unilaterally stops making required payments to benefit funds
on behalf of any employee, the standard remedy is to require
that the funds be made whole for the missed payments, with-
out regard to the “eligibility status” of the employees to actu-
ally receive benefits from the funds.

353 NLRB 838, 840. It is neither necessary nor proper for me
to entertain arguments which the Board already has considered
and rejected.
Based on the record as a whole, I conclude that the General
Counsel has proven the allegations raised in Specification para-
graph II, as modified by General Counsel’s Exhibit 4.
Calculations
As already noted, although backpay and benefits continue to
accrue, this supplemental decision addresses only the period
alleged in the Specification: April 22, 1991, through April 22,
2008. Respondent will satisfy its make whole obligations for
this period by payment of the following amounts, together with
interest:
DECISIONS OF THE NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD 706

Employee Total Backpay H & W
Fund
Pension Fund Education Fund Total Fund
Contributions
Total Backpay
& Fund
Contributions
Joseph William Adair $ 30,845.06 $ 14,846.63 $ 11,205.00 $ 560.25 $ 26,611.88 $ 57,456.94
John R. Albritton 9,721.37 3,103.15 2,342.00 117.10 5,562.25 15,283.62
Robert Scott Albritton 3,612.69 1,290.55 974.00 48.70 2,313.25 5,925.94
Chance Corbett Alday 637.30 259.70 196.00 9.80 465.50 1,101.80
Dustin Aaron Allen 329.97 135.15 102.00 5.10 242.25 572.22
Joshua A. Allen 672.88 275.60 208.00 10.40 494.00 1,166.88
Lakendrick D. Allen 451.94 160.33 121.00 6.50 287.83 739.77
Ryan Christopher Allen 12,818.54 5,726.65 4,322.00 288.18 10,336.83 23,155.37
Joshua Lee Amundson 3,142.37 983.15 742.00 37.10 1,762.25 4,904.62
Adam N. Andrews 735.34 270.30 204.00 10.20 484.50 1,219.84
Gerald J. Andrews 0.00 4,025.35 3,038.00 151.90 7,215.25 7,215.25
Justin Clay Andrews 556.42 227.90 172.00 8.60 408.50 964.92
John Henry Arendall 61,393.70 20,564.00 15,520.00 776.00 36,860.00 98,253.70
William Daniel Armstrong 50,296.60 33,860.38 25,555.00 1,277.75 60,693.13 110,989.73
Joshua Matthew Arnold 6,774.46 2,704.33 2,041.00 102.05 4,847.38 11,621.84
Jeffrey Kyle Averette 4,894.88 4,780.60 3,608.00 180.40 8,569.00 13,463.88
Jonathan Royce Averette 9,224.62 4,621.60 3,488.00 174.40 8,284.00 17,508.62
Randolph P. Bacchus 19,085.44 6,321.58 4,771.00 238.55 11,331.13 30,416.57
Bradley Allen Bailey 203.28 63.60 48.00 2.40 114.00 317.28
Christopher W. Bailey 5,871.53 2,143.85 1,618.00 80.90 3,842.75 9,714.28
Coty Jared Bailey 6,714.24 2,683.13 2,025.00 101.25 4,809.38 11,523.62
Phillip Edward Bailey 19,719.03 10,230.33 7,721.00 386.05 18,337.38 38,056.41
Robert Paul Bailey 934.92 352.45 266.00 13.30 631.75 1,566.67
Steven C. Bailey 0.00 283.55 214.00 10.70 508.25 508.25
Willie S. Baines, Jr. 1,822.68 646.60 488.00 24.40 1,159.00 2,981.68
Carlton D. Barker, Jr. 19,283.31 8,008.30 6,044.00 302.30 14,354.60 33,637.91
Burney C. Barnes IV 0.00 328.60 48.00 12.40 389.00 389.00
Donald L. Barnette 88,390.16 44,990.38 33,955.00 1,697.75 80,643.13 169,033.29
Javier Barrera 14,096.88 9,628.78 7,267.00 363.35 17,259.13 31,356.01
Richard Allen Beckham 0.00 26.50 20.00 1.00 47.50 47.50
Eric Shane Beech 1,093.43 447.85 338.00 16.90 802.75 1,896.18
Joey L. Beech 1,245.09 389.55 294.00 14.70 698.25 1,943.34
Michael Chad Bennett 222.72 84.80 64.00 3.20 152.00 374.72
Jason K. Black 1,672.80 540.60 408.00 20.40 969.00 2,641.80
Henry Williams Blevins 3,761.10 1,669.50 1,260.00 63.00 2,992.50 6,753.60
Lovevan Bolden 19,514.55 6,488.53 4,897.00 244.85 11,630.38 31,144.93
Gregory Scott Boles 0.00 503.50 380.00 19.00 902.50 902.50
Dale Russell Booth 1,282.67 1,939.80 1,464.00 73.20 3,477.00 4,759.67
Nicolas Ryan Boothe 2,886.79 1,342.23 1,013.00 50.65 2,405.88 5,292.67
Paul Emmett Botter, Jr. 5,674.90 1,775.50 1,340.00 67.00 3,182.50 8,857.40
John S. Bowden 4,565.76 1,576.75 1,190.00 59.50 2,826.25 7,392.01
James Eric Bozone 533.61 166.95 126.00 6.30 299.25 832.86
Gregory Bramlett 53,006.31 22,786.03 17,197.00 859.85 40,842.88 93,849.19
Gerry E. Brannon 5,722.02 2,029.90 1,532.00 76.60 3,638.50 9,360.52
Alan L. Branton 5,998.06 14,062.23 10,613.00 530.65 25,205.88 31,203.94
Craig Michael Breland 2,992.52 837.40 632.00 31.60 1,501.00 4,493.52
Henry Michael Breland 8,102.78 5,314.58 4,011.00 200.55 9,526.13 17,628.91
Matthew Breland 8,285.88 3,142.90 2,372.00 118.60 5,633.50 13,919.38
Darrell K. Brewer 4,249.09 15,738.35 11,878.00 593.90 28,210.25 32,459.34
Charles Dwight Briggs 4,192.43 1,714.55 1,294.00 64.70 3,073.25 7,265.68
Elbert B. Briggs, Jr. 1,546.64 734.05 554.00 27.70 1,315.75 2,862.39
Troy P. Brock 1,701.61 641.30 484.00 24.20 1,149.50 2,851.11
John Wesley Brock, Jr. 11,246.75 3,843.83 2,901.00 145.05 6,889.88 18,136.63
Richard S. Bromley 1,314.72 466.40 352.00 17.60 836.00 2,150.72
Byron B. Brooks 2,466.69 947.38 715.00 35.75 1,698.13 4,164.82
Justin Curtis Brooks 8,510.63 3,211.80 2,424.00 121.20 5,757.00 14,267.63
Chad Austin Brown 2,597.24 993.75 750.00 37.50 1,781.25 4,378.49
Jerome Brown 2,943.18 1,044.10 788.00 39.40 1,871.50 4,814.68
Michael Anthony Brown 51,644.77 62,555.90 47,212.00 2,360.60 112,128.50 163,773.27
William C. Browne 1,151.92 360.40 272.00 13.60 646.00 1,797.92
Seth Adam Buckles 1,823.52 694.30 524.00 26.20 1,244.50 3,068.02
Jeremy D. Burns 516.41 222.60 168.00 8.40 399.00 915.41
TRIPLE A FIRE PROTECTION, INC. 707

Employee Total
Backpay
H & W Fund Pension Fund Education Fund Total Fund
Contributions
Total Backpay
& Fund
Contributions
Andrew Scott Burt 48,027.85 58,091.98 43,843.00 2,192.15 104,127.13 152,154.98
Dewuane Lamar Busby 2,027.22 598.90 452.00 22.60 1,073.50 3,100.72
William Anthony Byrd 7,934.53 3,470.18 2,619.00 130.95 6,220.13 14,154.66
Gregory DeWayne Byrge 355.55 159.00 120.00 6.00 285.00 640.55
Quarre S. Calhoun 0.00 609.50 460.00 23.00 1,092.50 1,092.50
Elmer E. Callhan III 143.52 42.40 32.00 1.60 76.00 219.52
Chad Daniel Calloway 2,678.00 950.03 717.00 35.85 1,702.88 4,380.88
Steven Michael Campbell 718.17 275.60 208.00 10.40 494.00 1,212.17
James L. Cansler 4,722.03 1,477.38 1,115.00 55.75 2,648.13 7,370.16
Steven Ross Caraway 1,911.89 739.35 558.00 27.90 1,325.25 3,237.14
Robert D. Carpenter 0.00 1,832.48 1,383.00 69.15 3,284.63 3,284.63
Tyler Stacey Carpenter 902.94 535.30 404.00 20.20 959.50 1,862.44
Jerry Douglas Carr 8,104.32 3,731.20 2,816.00 140.80 6,688.00 14,792.32
Daryle Edward Carter 347.27 108.65 82.00 4.10 194.75 542.02
Tracy Delaney Chambers 1,548.77 8,071.90 6,092.00 304.60 14,468.50 16,017.27
Beau James Chautin 3,384.30 1,270.68 959.00 47.95 2,277.63 5,661.93
Timothy Chestang 1,927.15 539.28 407.00 20.35 966.63 2,893.78
Ricky Shane Clark 56,219.12 44,186.76 33,348.50 1,667.43 79,202.69 135,421.82
William Blake Clark 1,106.64 421.35 318.00 15.90 755.25 1,861.89
Steve L. Clark, Jr. 25,643.03 8,301.13 6,265.00 313.25 14,879.38 40,522.41
Herman Wesley Clary III 80,809.21 48,830.23 36,853.00 1,842.65 87,525.88 168,335.09
George Cobb 151.52 42.40 32.00 1.60 76.00 227.52
Rodney I. Connell 8,386.80 3,125.68 2,359.00 117.95 5,602.63 13,989.43
James Dustin Cook 6,520.44 2,329.35 1,758.00 87.90 4,175.25 10,695.69
Benjamon Ok Cooley 5,667.72 2,196.85 1,658.00 82.90 3,937.75 9,605.47
James D. Cooper 440.73 156.35 118.00 5.90 280.25 720.98
James Harvey Cowart 1,581.66 588.30 444.00 22.20 1,054.50 2,636.16
William Scott Cowling 2,360.93 16,946.75 12,790.00 639.50 30,376.25 32,737.18
Kevin Cramer 8,283.80 2,447.28 1,847.00 92.35 4,386.63 12,670.43
John Roland Criswell III 31,423.28 10,993.53 8,297.00 414.85 19,705.38 51,128.66
Shane Powell Crowson 7,744.58 3,215.78 2,427.00 121.35 5,764.13 13,508.71
Kenneth Lee Cushman 429.84 190.80 144.00 7.20 342.00 771.84
Tommy Dahl 9,662.45 4,143.28 3,127.00 156.35 7,426.63 17,089.08
Gary A. D’Angelo 5,691.84 1,780.80 1,344.00 67.20 3,192.00 8,883.84
Brent Colin Daughdrill 4,683.69 2,241.91 1,692.00 84.60 4,018.51 8,702.20
Cecil P. Davidson 0.00 1,499.90 1,132.00 56.60 2,688.50 2,688.50
Donald Wayne Davidson 248.22 333.90 252.00 12.60 598.50 846.72
Jason Bernard Davis 2,679.04 1,154.08 871.00 43.55 2,068.63 4,747.67
Jeffrey B. Davison 515.04 196.10 148.00 7.40 351.50 866.54
Joshua Aaron Deakle 1,931.54 2,053.75 1,550.00 77.50 3,681.25 5,612.79
Cecil L. Daw, Jr. 534.11 189.48 143.00 7.15 339.63 873.74
Scott J. DeRouen 7,027.40 4,978.03 3,757.00 187.85 8,922.88 15,950.28
Keith Alan Dickerson 355.37 210.68 159.00 7.95 377.63 733.00
Lance Eliott Diehl 310.56 127.20 96.00 4.80 228.00 538.56
Samuel David Doggett 6,319.68 2,395.60 1,808.00 90.40 4,294.00 10,613.68
Jerry Mason DuBoise, Jr. 3,092.66 1,150.10 868.00 43.40 2,061.50 5,154.16
Michael Shane Duckworth 67,903.96 53,328.60 40,248.00 2,012.40 95,589.00 163,492.96
Robert Allen Duke 3,744.48 1,401.85 1,058.00 52.90 2,512.75 6,257.23
Edward Lee Dunlap 13,708.49 4,837.58 3,651.00 182.55 8,671.13 22,379.62
James L. Dykes, Jr. 0.00 830.78 627.00 31.35 1,489.13 1,489.13
Michael Shane Easterling 430.56 127.20 96.00 4.80 228.00 658.56
Philip L. Edmonds 42,673.34 25,913.03 19,557.00 977.85 46,447.88 89,121.22
Vance C. Edwards 17,079.97 10,675.53 8,057.00 402.85 19,135.38 36,215.35
Brian James Ellis 1,646.04 622.75 470.00 23.50 1,116.25 2,762.29
Frankie L. Ellis 2,265.73 708.88 535.00 26.75 1,270.63 3,536.36
Michael R. Ellis 7,273.12 5,554.40 4,192.00 209.60 9,956.00 17,229.12
Marcus Heath Emerson 14,147.64 5,734.60 4,328.00 216.40 10,279.00 24,426.64
James Kevin Emmons 1,843.95 692.98 523.00 26.15 1,242.13 3,086.08
Charles M. Farley 26,215.88 11,853.45 8,946.00 447.30 21,246.75 47,462.63
Noah A. Farley 5,742.13 2,175.65 1,642.00 82.10 3,899.75 9,641.88
Richard Chad Faulkner 12,122.69 9,260.43 6,989.00 349.45 16,598.88 28,721.57
Fred W. Ficklin 203.28 63.60 48.00 2.40 114.00 317.28
DECISIONS OF THE NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD 708

Employee Total
Backpay
H & W Fund Pension Fund Education Fund Total Fund
Contributions
Total Backpay
& Fund
Contributions
Corey Lee Finley 0.00 185.50 140.00 7.00 332.50 332.50
Robert Samuel Fleming 7,890.30 2,623.50 1,980.00 99.00 4,702.50 12,592.80
Matthew L. Flint 7,890.30 2,623.50 1,980.00 99.00 4,702.50 12,592.80
Russell A. Flowers 56,004.21 100,381.34 75,759.50 3,787.98 179,928.82 235,933.03
Steve D. Foster 14,580.84 5,115.83 3,861.00 193.05 9,169.88 23,750.72
Gordon Wayne Fowler 3,314.52 2,957.40 2,232.00 111.60 5,301.00 8,615.52
Markal G. Fowler 5,377.01 2,604.95 1,966.00 98.30 4,669.25 10,046.26
Kenneth Paul Foxhall 511.13 209.35 158.00 7.90 375.25 886.38
Joey Wayne Freeman 18,539.57 5,812.78 4,387.00 219.35 10,419.13 28,958.70
Aaron James Frye 7,629.33 3,021.00 2,280.00 114.00 5,415.00 13,044.33
Bradley G. Gartman 4,981.22 1,393.90 1,052.00 52.60 2,498.50 7,479.72
Adrian Garza 8,747.37 2,867.30 2,164.00 108.20 5,139.50 13,886.87
Joel Garza 14,559.34 5,783.63 4,365.00 218.25 10,366.88 24,926.22
Manuel Garza 7,253.55 2,938.85 2,218.00 110.90 5,267.75 12,521.30
Manuel Garza Garza 23,803.89 9,434.00 7,120.00 356.00 16,910.00 40,713.89
Eric LaShaun Gibson 11,452.79 4,387.08 3,311.00 165.55 7,863.63 19,316.42
John Gindle 1,370.04 4,135.33 3,121.00 156.05 7,412.38 8,782.42
Frank W. Glass 1,965.04 614.80 464.00 23.20 1,102.00 3,067.04
Jimmie Jerome Goggins 0.00 18,934.38 14,290.10 714.51 33,938.99 33,938.99
Leonard Bruce Goldman 3,850.91 1,995.45 1,506.00 75.30 3,576.75 7,427.66
Jimmy Wayne Goodman 769.13 726.10 548.00 27.40 1,301.50 2,070.63
John David Grant Goodman 1,824.25 863.90 652.00 32.60 1,548.50 3,372.75
James Payton Goodwin 10,577.10 4,022.70 3,036.00 151.80 7,210.50 17,787.60
Benjamin Adam Gordon 7,298.18 2,683.13 2,025.00 101.25 4,809.38 12,107.56
Andrew Douglas Gore 3,497.04 1,391.25 1,050.00 52.50 2,493.75 5,990.79
Joshua Earl Grantham 4,995.40 2,004.73 1,513.00 75.65 3,593.38 8,588.78
Michael Lamar Griffin 1,902.18 779.10 588.00 29.40 1,396.50 3,298.68
Shawn Kyle Griffin 2,211.65 1,054.70 796.00 39.80 1,890.50 4,102.15
Curtis Lamar Grimes 33,413.81 15,058.63 11,365.00 568.25 29,991.88 60,405.69
Jason A. Guy 4,862.85 1,360.78 1,027.00 51.35 2,439.13 7,301.98
James Floyd Guy II 3,244.65 16,732.10 12,628.00 631.40 29,991.50 33,236.15
Bradley Ray Hall 2,907.29 813.55 614.00 30.70 1,458.25 4,365.54
Duffy W. Hall 12,904.64 9,457.85 7,138.00 356.90 16,952.75 29,857.39
Randal Shane Hamblin 1,340.88 874.50 660.00 33.00 1,567.50 2,908.38
Terry A. Hamilton 142.89 54.33 41.00 2.05 97.38 240.27
Terry Allen Hamilton 611.42 250.43 189.00 9.45 448.88 1,060.30
Timothy Paul Hammac 338.80 106.00 80.00 4.00 190.00 528.80
Timothy Jason Harbin 7,977.96 2,830.20 2,136.00 106.80 5,073.00 13,050.96
Charles Edward Harrell 4,751.67 1,486.65 1,122.00 56.10 2,664.75 7,416.42
Dustin Elliott Harrell 303.59 140.45 106.00 5.30 251.75 555.34
Terrell Lane Harris 4,417.80 1,696.00 1,280.00 64.00 3,040.00 7,457.80
James Howard Harrison 440.73 156.35 118.00 5.90 280.25 720.98
Dana Edward Hartley 984.88 275.60 208.00 10.40 494.00 1,478.88
Walter B. Harvison 504.66 206.70 156.00 7.80 370.50 875.16
Todd Edison Hawkins 0.00 42,150.23 31,811.50 1,590.58 75,552.31 75,552.31
Richard Leo Headrick 5,293.08 1,958.35 1,478.00 73.90 3,510.25 8,803.33
Robert Keith Hedgepeth 0.00 44,447.80 33,545.50 1,677.28 79,670.58 79,670.58
John Hedrick 1,861.02 3,354.90 2,532.00 126.60 6,013.50 7,874.52
Aaron Michael Hedstrom 11,120.07 4,497.05 3,394.00 169.70 8,060.75 19,180.82
Jonathan D. Herring 871.01 418.70 316.00 15.80 750.50 1,621.51
Russell Lee Herring 51,163.38 83,511.44 63,027.50 3,151.38 149,690.32 200,853.70
Matthew M. Hess 675.12 257.05 194.00 9.70 460.75 1,135.87
Kenneth Higdon, Jr. 0.00 612.15 462.00 23.10 1,097.25 1,097.25
Jesse B. Higginbotham 563.41 272.95 206.00 10.30 489.25 1,052.66
John Cecil Hill 4,140.18 1,555.55 1,174.00 58.70 2,788.25 6,928.43
Wesley P. Hodge 517.60 212.00 160.00 8.00 380.00 897.60
Eric D. Holderfield 5,856.84 2,222.03 1,677.00 83.85 3,982.88 9,839.72
Michael Jack Holliman 30,669.98 12,881.66 9,722.00 486.10 23,089.76 53,759.74
John T. Holloman 14,442.50 7,310.03 5,517.00 275.85 13,102.88 27,545.38
Garrett Homan 733.24 243.80 184.00 9.20 437.00 1,170.24
Clifton Reed Horn 1,558.00 503.50 380.00 19.00 902.50 2,460.50
Tracy Jerome Horn 6,435.98 1,901.38 1,435.00 71.75 3,408.13 9,844.11
TRIPLE A FIRE PROTECTION, INC. 709

Employee Total
Backpay
H & W Fund Pension Fund Education Fund Total Fund
Contributions
Total Backpay
& Fund
Contributions
Levi Horn, Jr. 107,570.23 42,147.59 31,809.50 1,590.48 75,547.57 183,117.80
Jason Marlin Hoven 35,354.75 33,287.98 25,123.00 1,256.15 59,667.13 95,021.88
Leonard Chapman Hoven 33,920.84 19,774.30 14,924.00 746.20 35,444.50 69,365.34
Emmanuel Lamar Howle 847.85 408.10 308.00 15.40 731.50 1,579.35
Eric Shane Hubbert 12,581.78 5,061.50 3,820.00 191.00 9,072.50 21,654.28
Jeremy Michael Hudson 4,014.18 1,495.93 1,129.00 56.45 2,681.38 6,695.56
John Austin Huggins 8,190.18 2,990.53 2,257.00 112.85 5,360.38 13,550.56
Justin Cole Hyatt 1,021.52 483.63 365.00 18.25 866.88 1,888.40
Anthony Curtis Ingram 9,830.04 3,381.40 2,552.00 127.60 6,061.00 15,891.04
James Danny Ivy 1,229.30 503.50 380.00 19.00 902.50 2,131.80
Ricky D. Ivy 1,745.43 580.35 438.00 21.90 1,040.25 2,785.68
Robert T. Jernigan 511.29 151.05 114.00 5.70 270.75 782.04
Charles U. Jockisch 6,596.26 12,525.23 9,453.00 472.65 22,450.88 29,047.14
Jerry L. Jockisch 10,839.91 4,910.45 3,706.00 185.30 8,801.75 19,641.66
David Maurice Johnson 8,545.92 4,312.88 3,255.00 162.75 7,730.63 16,276.55
Jason Johnson 8,545.92 4,312.88 3,255.00 162.75 7,730.63 16,276.55
Jearl Morris Johnson 0.00 4,495.73 3,393.00 169.65 8,058.38 8,058.38
Jonathan C. Johnson 2,084.07 895.70 676.00 33.80 1,605.50 3,689.57
Bobby C. Jones 6,190.76 2,116.03 1,597.00 79.85 3,792.88 9,983.64
Gary L. Jones 1,966.88 805.60 608.00 30.40 1,444.00 3,410.88
Joseph R. Jones 220.22 68.90 52.00 2.60 123.50 343.72
Michael J. Jones 30,278.07 30,249.75 22,830.00 1,141.50 54,221.25 84,499.32
Randolph Vernon Jones 21,684.51 8,523.73 6,433.00 321.65 15,278.38 36,962.89
Robert Anthony Jones 674.90 445.20 336.00 16.80 798.00 1,472.90
Curtis William Jordan 8,655.58 2,422.10 1,828.00 91.40 4,341.50 12,997.08
James T. Keebler 745.36 233.20 176.00 8.80 418.00 1,163.36
Brian David Kennedy 4,871.52 1,990.15 1,502.00 75.10 3,567.25 8,438.77
Kenneth D. Kilburn 6,538.49 2,966.68 2,239.00 111.95 5,317.63 11,856.12
Johnny A. Kinbrough, Jr. 135.52 42.40 32.00 1.60 76.00 211.52
Michael Len Kirksey 7,089.50 4,538.13 3,425.00 171.25 8,134.38 15,223.88
Albert E. Kittrell 0.00 5,232.43 3,949.00 197.45 9,378.88 9,378.88
David Leon Kling 82,623.64 38,837.08 29,311.00 1,465.55 69,613.63 152,237.27
George Norman Kling, Jr. 81,185.01 44,025.78 33,227.00 1,661.35 78,914.13 160,099.14
Jeremi R. Knapp 3,271.20 1,156.73 873.00 43.65 2,073.38 5,344.58
Joshua Lewayne Knapp 4,206.40 1,497.25 1,130.00 56.50 2,683.75 6,890.15
Marcus Allen Koester 1,242.24 498.20 376.00 18.80 893.00 2,135.24
Nick Kofonis 0.00 657.20 496.00 24.80 1,178.00 1,178.00
Gregory Glen Kohn 835.20 318.00 240.00 12.00 570.00 1,405.20
Charles C. Kyle 9,462.83 2,620.85 1,978.00 98.90 4,697.75 14,160.58
Edward M. Kyle 57,905.96 19,481.48 14,703.00 735.15 34,919.63 92,825.59
Charles R. LaCombe II 39.40 53.00 40.00 2.00 95.00 134.40
Matthew Thomas Ladner 181.16 74.20 56.00 2.80 133.00 314.16
Jeremy Lane Ladnier 15,674.93 8,065.26 6,087.00 304.35 14,456.61 30,131.54
David Lahman 1,677.06 524.70 396.00 19.80 940.50 2,617.56
Brian Steven Lane 135.52 42.40 32.00 1.60 76.00 211.52
Bradley L. Latham 151.52 42.40 32.00 1.60 76.00 227.52
Harold Lawshe 0.00 1,669.50 1,260.00 63.00 2,992.50 2,992.50
Harold Lee Lawshe 0.00 177.55 134.00 6.70 318.25 318.25
Joseph R. Lawshe 4,693.50 2,782.50 2,100.00 105.00 4,987.50 9,681.00
Samuel Alex Lawson 1,373.58 13,391.78 10,107.00 505.35 24,004.13 25,377.71
Paul Samuel Leckie 135.93 182.86 138.00 6.90 327.76 463.69
Daniel Charles Ledbetter 948.64 296.80 224.00 11.20 532.00 1,480.64
Richard A. Lee 631.22 219.95 166.00 8.30 394.25 1,025.47
Justin Haas Lins 6,362.47 2,440.65 1,842.00 92.10 4,374.75 10,737.22
Homer Jason Lloyd 306.24 116.60 88.00 4.40 209.00 515.24
Gene Ray Lloyd, Jr. 3,936.43 1,184.55 894.00 44.70 2,123.25 6,059.68
Daryl Wayne Loper 4,569.24 1,688.05 1,274.00 63.70 3,025.75 7,594.99
John Carl Lott 8,981.88 3,124.35 2,358.00 117.90 5,600.25 14,582.13
Michael R. Lott 11,772.12 3,523.18 2,659.00 132.95 6,315.13 18,087.25
Cleveland Lee Mack 5,907.00 2,282.98 1,723.00 86.15 4,092.13 9,999.13
Jeremy Dewayne Malone 1,175.61 696.95 526.00 26.30 1,249.25 2,424.86
DECISIONS OF THE NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD 710

Employee Total
Backpay
H & W Fund Pension Fund Education Fund Total Fund
Contribution
s
Total Backpay
& Fund
Contributions
Kerry M. Manning 449.03 219.95 166.00 8.30 394.25 843.28
William Barkley Markham 1,287.36 763.20 576.00 28.80 1,368.00 2,655.36
Trae Kelley Marlow 0.00 270.30 204.00 10.20 484.50 484.50
Stephen Ryan Massey 1,608.08 897.03 677.00 33.85 1,607.88 3,215.96
Donald W. Matthews, Jr. 1,259.26 418.70 316.00 15.80 750.50 2,009.76
William Thomas Mayo 1,136.40 318.00 240.00 12.00 570.00 1,706.40
Ryan Eugene McAll 4,541.40 1,592.65 1,202.00 60.10 2,854.75 7,396.15
Michael C. McCord 303.40 98.05 74.00 3.70 175.75 479.15
Brandon Antoine McCoy 2,841.72 1,158.05 874.00 43.70 2,075.75 4,917.47
Broderick Lexar McCoy 1,435.79 590.95 446.00 22.30 1,059.25 2,495.04
Chris McDonald 22,890.66 7,963.25 6,010.00 300.50 14,273.75 37,164.41
Mark Wayne McDonald 0.00 901.00 680.00 34.00 1,615.00 1,615.00
Chad Wayne McDuffie 1,536.63 604.20 456.00 22.80 1,083.00 2,619.63
Joshua Ray McDuffie 4,941.60 1,788.75 1,350.00 67.50 3,206.25 8,147.85
Craig James McEachrom 12,036.56 8,905.33 6,721.00 336.05 15,962.38 27,998.94
Tillman Roland McGeehee 4,603.22 1,521.10 1,148.00 57.40 2,726.50 7,329.72
Chris E. McGinnis 2,032.80 636.00 480.00 24.00 1,140.00 3,172.80
Edward McGrew 6,334.22 14,840.00 11,200.00 560.00 26,600.00 32,934.22
Teddy D. McIlwain 7,958.76 5,586.20 4,216.00 210.80 10,013.00 17,971.76
William Anthony McIlwain 6,049.96 2,300.20 1,736.00 86.80 4,123.00 10,172.96
George Douglas McKensie 4,398.72 1,616.50 1,220.00 61.00 2,897.50 7,296.22
James L. McKensie 2,816.70 874.50 660.00 33.00 1,567.50 4,384.20
Gary A. McLain 2,570.65 776.45 586.00 29.30 1,391.75 3,962.40
Joshua Blake McLaughlin 9,326.40 3,423.80 2,584.00 129.20 6,137.00 15,463.40
William Chase McNair 9,824.22 3,635.80 2,744.00 137.20 6,517.00 16,341.22
Myles Joseph McNichol 8,452.31 2,998.48 2,263.00 113.15 5,374.63 13,826.94
Christopher M. Miller 75.76 21.20 16.00 0.80 38.00 113.76
Steven Eugene Millsaps 411.51 1,649.63 1,245.00 62.25 2,956.88 3,368.39
Vincent M. Minar 2,554.30 808.25 610.00 30.50 1,448.75 4,003.05
Abraham Mitchell 23,604.39 8,766.20 6,616.00 330.80 15,713.00 39,317.39
Jerry Wayne Mohren, Jr. 44,886.10 66,958.88 50,535.00 2,526.75 120,020.63 164,906.73
Jack R. Moiren 0.00 2,140.54 1,615.50 80.78 3,836.82 3,836.82
Jerome David Moiren 14,623.61 7,952.66 6,002.00 300.10 14,254.76 28,878.37
Donald Jason Morgan 69.70 26.50 20.00 1.00 47.50 117.20
Bobby L. Mosley 5,050.11 1,491.95 1,126.00 56.30 2,674.25 7,724.36
Christopher Aaron Mudd 32,160.22 15,986.13 12,065.00 603.25 28,654.38 60,814.60
Fred Gene Murphy 167.16 74.20 56.00 2.80 133.00 300.16
Timothy Earl Murray 849.12 323.30 244.00 12.20 579.50 1,428.62
Michael William Myles 5,611.50 2,007.38 1,515.00 75.75 3,598.13 9,209.63
Deundrak Leshun Napier 11,136.00 4,070.40 3,072.00 153.60 7,296.00 18,432.00
Joshua Quentin Napier 1,306.09 559.15 422.00 21.10 1,002.25 2,308.34
Tracy Napier 7,471.62 6,071.15 4,582.00 229.10 10,882.25 18,353.87
Adam Lane Neighbors 897.00 265.00 200.00 10.00 475.00 1,372.00
Dustin Baker Nelson 14,666.46 8,807.28 6,647.00 332.35 15,786.63 30,453.09
Jessie Frank Nelson 16,615.69 9,222.00 6,960.00 348.00 16,530.00 33,145.69
Samuel Wade Nelson 20,325.20 36,933.05 27,874.00 1,393.70 66,200.75 86,525.95
Ronald Allen Newman II 101.20 49.03 37.00 1.85 87.88 189.08
Grant C. Nichols 66,743.77 63,153.48 47,663.00 2,383.15 113,199.63 179,943.40
Robert Nichols 243.54 217.30 164.00 8.20 389.50 633.04
Jeremy Richard Nolan 1,360.68 500.85 378.00 18.90 897.75 2,258.43
Michael Ryan Nolen 1,014.69 491.58 371.00 18.55 881.13 1,895.82
Jatten R. Norris 6,525.00 2,435.35 1,838.00 91.90 4,365.25 10,890.25
Jonathan Reeves Odom 299.28 113.95 86.00 4.30 204.25 503.53
Salomon Vasquez Olguin 15,268.28 5,990.33 4,521.00 226.05 10,737.38 26,005.66
Daniel Lee Oliveira 857.31 325.95 246.00 12.30 584.25 1,441.56
Joseph Edward Owens 1,112.73 311.38 235.00 11.75 558.13 1,670.86
Joseph Hayden Owens 537.01 206.70 156.00 7.80 370.50 907.51
Anthony Jabari Owes 922.20 328.60 248.00 12.40 589.00 1,511.20
Jerome C. Page 868.18 271.63 205.00 10.25 486.88 1,355.06
Alan Fank Parden 103.52 42.40 32.00 1.60 76.00 179.52
Carlton W. Parker 0.00 1,007.00 760.00 38.00 1,805.00 1,805.00
Matthew Brent Parnell 1,910.52 702.25 530.00 26.50 1,258.75 3,169.27
TRIPLE A FIRE PROTECTION, INC. 711

Employee Total
Backpay
H & W Fund Pension Fund Education Fund Total Fund
Contribution
s
Total Backpay
& Fund
Contributions
Dwight D. Patteson 1,956.04 837.40 632.00 31.60 1,501.00 3,457.04
Edward Harold Pegg III 2,727.45 1,018.93 769.00 38.45 1,826.38: 4,553.83
Marvin Peterson 9,456.90 3,337.68 2,519.00 125.95 5,982.63 15,439.53
James Glenn Philen 23,841.08 31,146.78 23,507.00 1,175.35 55,829.13 79,670.21
Steven Blake Phillips 30,467.41 13,325.53 10,057.00 502.85 23,885.38 54,352.79
Thomas Chad Phillips 16,131.03 6,181.13 4,665.00 233.25 11,079.38 27,210.41
Zachary E. Phillips 13,352.76 4,788.55 3,614.00 180.70 8,583.25 21,936.01
Anthony Dewayne Pierce 0.00 7,443.85 5,618.00 280.90 13,342.75 13,342.75
Jason A. Pierce 6,304.68 1,998.10 1,508.00 75.40 3,581.50 9,886.18
Justin Carl Pierce 9,802.25 4,481.16 3,382.00 169.10 8,032.26 17,834.51
Samuel L. Pierce 407.12 144.43 109.00 5.45 258.88 666.00
Daryl Lynn Poole 11,314.53 13,866.13 10,465.00 523.25 24,854.38 36,168.91
Dustin Ray Powell 769.93 315.35 238.00 11.90 565.25 1,335.18
Ronald Dale Price, Jr. 601.71 246.45 186.00 9.30 441.75 1,043.46
Michael Price–Williams 3,418.67 956.65 722.00 36.10 1,714.75 5,133.42
Timothy W. Primm 2,710.40 848.00 640.00 32.00 1,520.00 4,230.40
Latonio K. Pritchett 993.51 320.65 242.00 12.10 574.75 1,568.26
Kevin Ronald Pugh 7,695.00 2,407.53 1,817.00 90.85 4,315.38 12,010.38
Joseph Patrick Ray 0.00 35.78 27.00 1.35 64.13 64.13
Donald Gordon Reed 20,048.34 7,047.68 5,319.00 265.95 12,632.63 32,680.97
Douglas Alan Reed 10,319.36 17,988.20 13,576.00 678.80 32,243.00 42,562.36
Jonathan D. Reed 522.06 348.48 263.00 13.15 624.63 1,146.69
Ronald V. Reed 17,561.39 34,814.38 26,275.00 1,313.75 62,403.13 79,964.52
David G. Reed III 51,273.00 23,131.85 17,458.00 872.90 41,462.75 92,735.75
David Gordon Reed, Jr. 5,621.94 23,166.30 17,484.00 874.20 41,524.50 47,146.44
Michael Shane Rester 1,051.17 294.15 222.00 11.10 527.25 1,578.42
Jacob K. Reynolds 2,446.47 916.90 692.00 34.60 1,643.50 4,089.97
Dale Rayburn Richard II 634.06 251.75 190.00 9.50 451.25 1,085.31
James Steven Richardson 2,898.87 1,142.15 862.00 43.10 2,047.25 4,946.12
Joshua Keith Richardson 4,639.39 3,221.08 2,431.00 121.55 5,773.63 10,413.02
John C. Rimmer 6,625.00 2,615.55 1,974.00 98.70 4,688.25 11,313.25
Keith Allen Robinson 592.90 185.50 140.00 7.00 332.50 925.40
Timothy M. Robinson 2,533.44 906.30 684.00 34.20 1,624.50 4,157.94
Michael W. Rodgers 59.40 53.00 40.00 2.00 95.00 154.40
Joshua Ryan Rogers 2,115.84 777.78 587.00 29.35 1,394.13 3,509.97
Harvey Rogers, Jr. 2,644.71 1,053.38 795.00 39.75 1,888.13 4,532.84
Richard Howard Roper 2,561.28 975.20 736.00 36.80 1,748.00 4,309.28
Jerome M. Roscoe 0.00 1,682.75 1,270.00 63.50 3,016.25 3,016.25
Richard Roscoe 708.76 796.33 601.00 30.05 1,427.38 2,136.14
Eric Bradley Rush 0.00 14,127.16 10,662.00 771.62 25,560.78 25,560.78
Kevin Wayne Rush 5,796.60 14,604.82 11,022.50 806.77 26,434.09 32,230.69
Justin H. Safarin 2,825.76 1,036.15 782.00 39.10 1,857.25 4,683.01
Julio Sanchez 7,458.29 2,900.43 2,189.00 109.45 5,198.88 12,657.17
Joshua L. Sanders 37,321.11 22,328.90 16,852.00 842.60 40,023.50 77,344.61
Steven Gerard Schwent 1,697.40 1,081.20 816.00 40.80 1,938.00 3,635.40
Charles Jason Scott 7,496.15 2,659.28 2,007.00 100.35 4,766.63 12,262.78
Johah Lasagne Scott 5,261.61 3,009.08 2,271.00 113.55 5,393.63 10,655.24
Jamie Ryan Seale 57.34 312.70 236.00 11.80 560.50 617.84
James A. Serritelli, Jr. 254.10 79.50 60.00 3.00 142.50 396.60
Grady D. Sexton 1,567.36 592.28 447.00 22.35 1,061.63 2,628.99
Marc Lee Shamp 1,685.44 633.35 478.00 23.90 1,135.25 2,820.69
John Benjamin Shelby 5,048.87 2,811.65 2,122.00 106.10 5,039.75 10,088.62
Zachary Shontreal Shell 1,883.54 760.55 574.00 28.70 1,363.25 3,246.79
James Monroe Shinkle 12,382.61 4,666.65 3,522.00 176.10 8,364.75 20,747.36
David Mitchell Shirah 0.00 17,437.00 13,160.00 977.20 31,574.20 31,574.20
Billy Joe Simmons 5,590.20 1,749.00 1,320.00 66.00 3,135.00 8,725.20
Josh T. Simmons 7,048.83 2,418.13 1,825.00 91.25 4,334.38 11,383.21
Fred Douglas Sims, Jr. 42,314.12 14,922.15 11,262.00 563.10 26,747.25 69,061.37
David W. Smith 3,603.57 1,347.53 1,017.00 50.85 2,415.38 6.018.95
Jamie Hunter Smith 608.18 225.25 170.00 8.50 403.75 1,011.93
Lawrence S. Smith 7,630.72 3,115.08 2,351.00 117.55 5,583.63 13,214.35
Sedrick L. Smith 3,189.69 1,131.55 854.00 42.70 2,028.25 5,217.94
DECISIONS OF THE NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD 712

Employee Total Backpay H & W Fund Pension Fund Education Fund Total Fund
Contributions
Total Backpay
& Fund
Contributions
Thomas Ray Smith 4,450.90 1,245.50 940.00 47.00 2,232.50 6,683.40
Vaudy Scott Smith 51.76 21.20 16.00 0.80 38.00 89.76
Clayton P. Smith, Jr. 19,102.39 17,089.85 12,898.00 987.14 30,974.99 50,077.38
Carlos Jose Socorro 23,866.18 10,394.63 7,845.00 525.93 18,765.56 42,631.74
Joshua T. Southerland 18,517.90 7,243.78 5,467.00 273.35 12,984.13 31,502.03
Samuel E. Southerland, Jr. 28,630.89 38,740.36 29,238.00 2,445.74 70,424.10 99,054.99
Brandon Grant Starling 108.78 174.90 132.00 6.60 313.50 422.28
Wm Randall Starling 0.00 174.90 132.00 6.60 313.50 313.50
David Scott Stearman, Jr. 2,785.01 1,094.45 826.00 41.30 1,961.75 4,746.76
Ronnie Sterling 0.00 1,538.33 1,161.00 58.05 2,757.38 2,757.38
Jason H. Sterns 465.85 145.75 110.00 5.50 261.25 727.10
Jesse Scott Stewart 2,924.63 1,028.20 776.00 38.80 1,843.00 4,767.63
Marlon Elliot Stiers 2,549.47 776.45 586.00 29.30 1,391.75 3,941.22
Terrell Harlan Still 1,132.25 413.40 312.00 15.60 741.00 1,873.25
Bennett Raye Stoker 8,128.42 3,937.90 2,972.00 148.60 7,058.50 15,186.92
Daniel Ryan Stokley 3,841.92 1,356.80 1,024.00 51.20 2,432.00 6,273.92
Timothy James Stormer 0.00 13,296.38 10,035.00 788.95 24,120.33 24,120.33
Jason P. Strickland 2,121.74 634.68 479.00 23.95 1,137.63 3,259.37
Charles J. Stringer 25,156.00 9,975.93 7,529.00 376.45 17,881.38 43,037.38
Stringfellow, Chad Allen 2,822.85 2,125.30 1,604.00 80.20 3,809.50 6,632.35
Michael A. Stringfellow 932.88 275.60 208.00 10.40 494.00 1,426.88
Stephen T. Stringfellow 15,830.98 5,837.95 4,406.00 220.30 10,464.25 26,295.23
James Ronald Stroud 0.00 11,632.18 8,779.00 438.95 20,850.13 20,850.13
Cbase Allen Sweatt 1,543.28 1,103.73 833.00 41.65 1,978.38 3,521.66
Jonathan W. Sullivan 424.83 765.85 578.00 28.90 1,372.75 1,797.58
Johnny D. Tapper, Jr. 45,785.66 80,801.15 60,982.00 5,314.06 147,097.21 192,882.87
Christopher M. Taylor 28,440.66 13,954.90 10,532.00 757.72 25,244.62 53,685.28
Patrick Lee Taylor 401.14 164.30 124.00 6.20 294.50 695.64
Steven Mark Taylor, Jr. 1,861.00 618.78 467.00 23.35 1,109.13 2,970.13
Thomas Lloyd Temple 5,722.02 2,029.90 1,532.00 76.60 3,638.50: 9,360.52
Philip Alan Thames 15,009.68 102,517.90 77,372.00 3,868.60 183,758.50 198,768.18
John H. Thomas 0.00 2,567.86 1,938.00 96.90 4,602.76 4,602.76
John Houston Thomas 0.00 1,058.68 799.00 39.45 1,897.13 1,897.13
Phillip E. Thornberg 14,240.16 5,191.35 3,918.00 195.90 9,305.25 23,545.41
George Kevin Thornton 3,224.57 1,515.80 1,144.00 57.20 2,717.00 5,941.57
Robert L. Tolito, Jr. 0.00 596.25 450.00 22.50 1,068.75 1,068.75
Mark Ellis Tuberville, Jr. 3,245.10 1,221.65 922.00 46.10 2,189.75 5,434.85
Charles Brady Tucker 13,749.48 5,016.45 3,786.00 189.30 8,991.75 22,741.23
Chris Kelly Tucker 18,636.75 7,618.75 5,750.00 287.50 13,656.25 32,293.00
James Tucker 1,628.64 583.00 440.00 22.00 1,045.00 2,673.64
Adrian W. Turner 2,906.40 7,671.75 5,790.00 289.50 13,751.25 16,657.65
Levon Ray Turner 1,558.82 1,646.98 1,243.00 62.15 2,952.13 4,510.95
Michael David Turner 38,672.76 19,564.95 14,766.00 738.30 35,069.25 73,742.01
Russell Patrick Turner 2,625.35 896.36 676.50 33.83 1,606.69 4,232.04
Chad Guy Tyler 965.79 1,521.10 1,148.00 57.40 2,726.50 3,692.29
Aric Lee Vertrees 36,358.80 32,846.75 24,790.00 2,024.70 59,661.45 96,020.25
John T. Wade 283.75 88.78 67.00 3.35 159.13 442.88
Charles Kennedy Walters 5,129.01 92,800.35 70,038.00 3,501.90 166,340.25 171,469.26
Roy C. Ward 890.88 336.55 254.00 12.70 603.25 1,494.13
Jack T. Ward, Jr. 27,890.47 14,000.61 10,566.50 801.21 25,368.32 53,258.79
Michael Ware 508.20 159.00 120.00 6.00 285.00 793.20
Roderick Mortez Wash 0.00 1,540.98 1,163.00 58.15 2,762.13 2,762.13
Anthony Blake Wasylow 4,635.76 1,771.53 1,337.00 66.85 3,175.38 7,811.14
Jesse Steven Watkins 26,940.54 10,531.10 7,948.00 397.40 18,876.50 45,817.04
Shane Wesley Watson 8,360.90 3,682.18 2,779.00 138.95 6,600.13 14,961.03
Vincent Earl Watts 2,446.55 795.00 600.00 30.00 1,425.00 3,871.55
Robert J. Weatherly III 3,571.10 1,131.55 854.00 42.70 2,028.25 5,599.35
Phillip A. Weatherspoon 0.00 6,920.48 5,223.00 110.65 12,254.13 12,254.13
Anthony Elliott Weaver 7,784.76 2,932.23 2,213.00 199.17 5,344.40 13,129.16
Douglas Allen Weaver 571.88 324.63 245.00 12.25 581.88 1,153.76
James Weaver 5,387.58 1,942.45 1,466.00 73.30 3,481.75 8,869.33
Kimmie Rogers Weaver 1,973.95 700.26 528.50 26.43 1,255.19 3,229.14
TRIPLE A FIRE PROTECTION, INC. 713

Employee Total Backpay H & W Fund Pension Fund Education Fund Total Fund
Contributions
Total Backpay
& Fund
Contributions
Tony Elliott Weaver 1,155.36 439.90 332.00 16.60 788.50 1,943.86
Louis G. Weaver, Jr. 4,784.54 1,697.33 1,281.00 64.05 3,042.38 7,826.92
Brandon Michael Wells 889.63 352.45 266.00 13.30 631.75 1,521.38
Thomas Jerald Wells 0.00 43,677.30 32,964.00 2,780.92 79,422.22: 79,422.22
Earl E. Wheeler 34,846.43 23,751.95 17,926.00 1,435.10 43,113.05 77,959.48
Milton James Wheeler 2,644.75 1,136.85 858.00 42.90 2,037.75 4,682.50
Michael James White, Jr. 2,358.03 659.85 498.00 24.90 1,182.75 3,540.78
Christopher K. Wiggins 926.28 328.60 248.00 12.40 589.00 1,515.28
Randall Eric Wilbur 34,059.61 12,180.73 9,193.00 459.65 21,833.38 55,892.99
David A. Wilkerson, Jr. 478.78 196.10 148.00 7.40 351.50 830.28
Michael B. Willard 420.55 159.00 120.00 6.00 285.00 705.55
Adam Matthew Williams 1,357.20 516.75 390.00 19.50 926.25 2,283.45
Eric Shane Williams 14,167.98 6,366.63 4,805.00 240.25 11,411.88 25,579.86
Johnnie Russell Williams 167.04 63.60 48.00 2.40 114.00 281.04
Joshua Colby Williams 7,762.38 3,038.23 2,293.00 114.65 5,445.88 13,208.26
Michael Shane Williams 8,740.16 4,049.20 3,056.00 152.80 7,258.00 15,998.16
Patrick Henry Williams 18,437.28 17,993.50 13,580.00 1,036.84 32,610.34 51,047.62
Stephen Shea Williams 376.74 111.30 84.00 4.20 199.50 576.24
Timothy M. Williams 446.43 182.85 138.00 6.90 327.75 774.18
Treavor Brown Williams 0.00 821.50 620.00 31.00 1,472.50 1,472.50
Brandon Taylor Wilson 3,740.11 1,737.08 1,311.00 65.55 3,113.63 6,853.74
Charles Wade Wilson 57,538.16 55,822.91 42,130.50 2,106.53 100,059.94 157,598.10
John Asher Wilson 3,250.32 1,181.90 892.00 44.60 2,118.50 5,368.82
John Franklin Wilson 2,256.45 3,630.50 2,740.00 137.00 6,507.50 8,763.95
Dell Lee Wright 719.72 201.40 152.00 7.60 361.00 1,080.72
James Terrell Yates 8,590.62 2,586.40 1,952.00 97.60 4,636.00 13,226.62
Brian Franklin Yell 3,455.64 1,645.65 1,242.00 62.10 2,949.75 6,405.39
Brian Dewyan Young 597.60 212.00 160.00 8.00 380.00 977.60
Donnie Ray Zundel, Jr. 1,082.56 360.40 272.00 13.60 646.00 1,728.56
TOTAL BALANCE 3,846,526.81 2,918,291.18 2,202,284.10 118,278.26 5,238,854.54 9,085,381.35

 Grand total backpay: 3,846,526.81
 Grand total funds contributions: 5,238,854.54
 Grand total backpay and funds contributions: 9,085,381.35

CONCLUSIONS
Respondent will discharge its make whole obligations, for
the period alleged in the compliance specification, April 22,
1991, through April 22, 2008, by payment of the amounts de-
scribed above, together with interest as prescribed in New Hori-
zons, 283 NLRB 1173 (1987).
This Supplemental Decision does not address Respondent’s
further obligations to make employees whole for backpay and
benefits accruing after April 22, 2008.
[Recommended Order omitted from publication.]