VISIONQUEST NATIONAL LTD.

National Labor Relations Board - Unpublished Board Decisions

Mar 8, 2013

04-RC-089101 (N.L.R.B. Mar. 8, 2013)

NOT INCLUDED IN PGB
BOUND VOLUMES Philadelphia, PA
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
BEFORE THE NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD
VISIONQUEST NATIONAL, LTD.
Employer
and Case 04-RC-089101
DISTRICT 1199C, NATIONAL UNION
OF HOSPITAL AND HEALTH CARE
EMPLOYEES, AFSCME, AFL-CIO
Petitioner
DECISION AND CERTIFICATION OF RESULTS OF ELECTION
The National Labor Relations Board has considered determinative challenges in
an election held October 15, 2012, and the hearing officer’s report recommending
disposition of them. The election was conducted pursuant to a Stipulated Election
Agreement. The tally of ballots shows 14 for and 14 against the Petitioner, with 8
challenged ballots.
The Board has reviewed the record in light of the exceptions and briefs, has
adopted the hearing officer’s findings and recommendations,1 and finds that a
certification of results of election should be issued.
CERTIFICATION OF RESULTS OF ELECTION

1 We agree with the hearing officer’s recommended finding that the terms of the
Stipulated Election Agreement unambiguously exclude employees serving as Family
Intervention Specialists (Lucinda Harmon, Julia Strickland, Joslyn Brooks, and Renee
Toney), and as Safety Monitor (Troy Jones) from the bargaining unit. We therefore find
it unnecessary to reach the hearing officer’s alternative community-of-interest findings.
In the absence of exceptions, we adopt pro forma the hearing officer’s
recommendation to sustain the challenges to the ballots of Ernest Connor, Jr. and
Catherine Dertouzos. The Employer stipulated at the hearing that the Petitioner’s
challenge to the remaining challenged ballot – Randy Sheagley – should be sustained.
IT IS CERTIFIED that a majority of the valid ballots have not been cast for District
1199C, National Union of Hospital and Health Care Employees, and that it is not the
exclusive representative of these bargaining-unit employees.
Dated, Washington, D.C., March 8, 2013.
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Mark Gaston Pearce, Chairman
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Richard F. Griffin, Jr., Member
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Sharon Block, Member
(SEAL) NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD