Coastal International Security, Inc.

National Labor Relations Board - Board Decisions

Jul 10, 2014

05-RC-122771 (N.L.R.B. Jul. 10, 2014)

Silver Spring, MD and
Germantown, MD
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
BEFORE THE NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD
COASTAL INTERNATIONAL SECURITY
Employer
and Case 05-RC-122771
NATIONAL ALLIANCE OF LAW ENFORCEMENT
OFFICERS
Petitioner
and
PROTECTIVE SERVICE OFFICERS OF WHITE OAK, INC.
Intervenor #1
and
UNION RIGHTS FOR SECURITY OFFICERS
Intervenor #2
and
GOVERNED UNITED SECURITY PROFESSIONALS
Intervenor #3
and
INTERNATIONAL UNION, SECURITY, POLICE & FIRE
PROFESSIONALS OF AMERICA (SPFPA)
Intervenor #4
DECISION AND CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVE
The National Labor Relations Board has considered an objection to a mail-ballot
election held between April 2 and April 17, 2014, and the hearing officer's report
recommending disposition of them.1 The election was conducted pursuant to a Stipulated

1 The hearing officer recommended that Intervenor #2’s objection be overruled concerning
the allegation that the Employer failed to post copies of the Notice of Election at the work
2
Election Agreement. The tally of ballots shows 73 ballots cast for the Petitioner, 3 ballots
cast for Intervenor #1, 4 ballots cast for Intervenor #2, 0 ballots cast for Intervenor #3, 0
ballots cast for Intervenor #4, and 0 ballots cast against the participating labor
organizations. There were 7 void ballots and 9 challenged ballots, an insufficient number
to affect the results.
No exceptions have been filed to the hearing officer's report within the time
provided. Accordingly, the Board adopts the hearing officer's findings and
recommendations, and finds that a certification of representative should be issued.
CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVE
IT IS CERTIFIED that a majority of the valid ballots have been cast for National
Alliance of Law Enforcement Officers and that it is the exclusive collective-bargaining
representative of the employees in the following appropriate unit:
All full-time and regular part-time security guards, as defined by Section
9(b)(3) of the National Labor Relations Act, as amended, assigned by the
Employer at the White Oak Federal Research Center, 10903 New
Hampshire Ave., Silver Spring, MD and 20400 Century Blvd., Germantown,
MD; but excluding all office clerical employees, professional employees,
Project Managers, Assistant Project Managers, Captains, all other
supervisors as defined by the Act.
Dated, Washington, D.C., July 10, 2014.
By direction of the Board:
/s/Farah Z. Qureshi
______________________________
Associate Executive Secretary

site at the White Oak Federal Research Center, and instead asked an employee to
distribute copies of the Notices to employees.