County of Christian/Christian County Sheriff

National Labor Relations Board - Board Decisions

Mar 29, 2019

14-WH-230644 (N.L.R.B. Mar. 29, 2019)

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
BEFORE THE NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD
COUNTY OF CHRISTIAN/CHRISTIAN
COUNTY SHERIFF
Employer
and Case 14-WH-230644
ILLINOIS FRATERNAL ORDER OF
POLICE LABOR COUNCIL
Petitioner
CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVE AS BONA FIDE
UNDER SECTION 7(B) OF THE FAIR LABOR STANDARDS ACT OF 1938
On November 6, 2018, Illinois Fraternal Order of Police Labor Council (the
Petitioner) filed with the Regional Director for Region 14 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 December 13, 2018, the Regional Director for Region 14 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 exclusive collective-bargaining representative of the unit employees,1 the
Regional Director recommended to the Board that the requested certification be issued.

1
The record indicates that the Employer is a public sector employer, and it contains a
copy of the parties’ collective-bargaining agreement effective by its terms from
December 1, 2016 to November 30, 2018. The record also contains a copy the
following two documents issued by the Illinois State Labor Relations Board: the
Certification of Representative issued on September 29, 1989, naming the Petitioner as
the exclusive representative of the unit employees; and the Certification of Unit
Clarification issued on April 16, 2009, which renamed “radio operator (dispatcher)” to
“Telecommunications Officer (911 and County Radio),” and “Jailer” to “Corrections
Officer.”
2
No party having shown cause why the requested certification should not be
issued, the National Labor Relations Board certifies that Illinois Fraternal Order of Police
Labor Council is a bona fide representative, for purposes of Section 7(b) of the FLSA, of
the employees of County of Christian/Christian County Sheriff in the following unit:2
All full-time Telecommunications Officers (911 and County Radio) and
Corrections Officers, excluding all managerial, supervisory and
confidential employees as defined in the Illinois Public Labor Relations
Act, 5 ILCS 315/1 et seq., and all other employees of Christian County
Sheriff’s Department.
Dated, Washington, D.C., March 29, 2019.
By direction of the Board:
Roxanne Rothschild
Executive Secretary

2
A certificate of representative as bona fide for purposes of the FLSA does not
necessarily establish the certified organization’s right to be recognized as the exclusive
bargaining representative under the provisions of the National Labor Relations Act. See
County of Alameda, 322 NLRB 614 (1996).