City of Redlands

National Labor Relations Board - Board Decisions

Jul 1, 2014

31-WH-126470 (N.L.R.B. Jul. 1, 2014)

Redlands, CA
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
BEFORE THE NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD
CITY OF REDLANDS
Employer
and Case 31-WH-126470
REDLANDS CIVILIAN SAFETY
EMPLOYEES ASSOCIATION
Petitioner
CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVE AS BONA FIDE
UNDER SECTION 7(B) OF THE FAIR LABOR STANDARDS ACT OF 1938
On April 11, 2014, the Redlands Civilian Safety Employees Association (RCSEA)
(the Petitioner) filed with the Regional Director for Region 31 of the National Labor
Relations Board a request for certification of representative as bona fide under Section
7(b) of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (FLSA), 29 U.S.C. § 207(b).
On April 15, 2014, the Regional Director served on the parties a Notice to Show
Cause why the Board should not grant the request. No response was filed. As the
Region’s investigation revealed that the Petitioner is the recognized collective-
bargaining representative of the unit employees, the Regional Director recommended to
the Board that the requested certification be issued.1
No party having shown cause why a certification should not be issued, the
National Labor Relations Board hereby certifies that Redlands Civilian Safety

1 The record indicates that the Employer is a public sector employer. The collective-
bargaining history between the parties has been memorialized since July 1, 2004 by
successive Memoranda of Understanding, the most recent of which is effective July 1,
2012 through June 30, 2015.
2
Employees Association is a bona fide representative, for purposes of Section 7(b) of the
FLSA, of the employees of the City of Redlands, California in the following unit:2
A unit employee shall be defined as an employee of the City
and assigned to the RCSEA unit by the City Manager in
accordance with City policies and procedures.3
Dated, Washington, D.C., July 1, 2014
By direction of the Board:
Gary Shinners
__________________________
Executive Secretary

2 A certificate of bona fide for purposes of the FLSA does not necessarily establish the
right of the organization so certified to be recognized as the exclusive bargaining
representative of employees within a particular bargaining unit under the provisions of
the National Labor Relations Act. See County of Alameda, 322 NLRB 614 (1996).
3 The unit description appears as set forth in the current Memorandum of
Understanding between the parties.