Paragon Systems, Inc.

National Labor Relations Board - Board Decisions

Apr 8, 2014

05-RC-119929 (N.L.R.B. Apr. 8, 2014)

Woodlawn, MD
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
BEFORE THE NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD
PARAGON SYSTEMS, INC.
Employer
and
GOVERNED UNITED SECURITY
PROFESSIONALS
Petitioner
Case 05-RC-119929
DECISION AND CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVE
The National Labor Relations Board has considered objections to a mail ballot
election held between February 3 and February 18, 2014, and the Regional Director's
report recommending disposition of them. The election was conducted pursuant to a
Stipulated Election Agreement. The tally of ballots shows 37 ballots cast for the
Petitioner, 86 ballots cast for the Intervenor,1 and 2 ballots cast against the participating
labor organizations. There were 14 void ballots and 3 challenged ballots, an insufficient
number to affect the results.
No exceptions have been filed to the Regional Director's report within the time
provided. Accordingly, the Board adopts the Regional Director's findings and
recommendations, and finds that a certification of representative should be issued.2

1
International Union, Security, Police and Fire Professionals of America (SPFPA), Local 555.
2
The Regional Director recommended overruling the Petitioner’s objections in their entirety.

CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVE
IT IS CERTIFIED that a majority of the valid ballots have been cast for
International Union, Security, Police and Fire Professionals of America (SPFPA), Local
555 and that it is the exclusive collective-bargaining representative of the employees in
the following appropriate unit:
"All full-time and regular part-time employees employed by the Employer at
the Social Security Administration's national headquarters, Security "West"
and National Computer Center facilities in Woodlawn, Maryland; but
excluding all office clerical employees, professionals employees,
participants in the pr-hiring training programs, managerial personnel,
confidential employees, lieutenants, captains, and supervisors as defined
[in] the Act."
Dated, Washington, D.C., April 8, 2014
By direction of the Board:
/s/Farah Z. Qureshi
______________________________
Associate Executive Secretary