Audubon Nature Institute, Inc.

National Labor Relations Board - Unpublished Board Decisions

Dec 10, 2009

15-RC-008811 (N.L.R.B. Dec. 10, 2009)

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
BEFORE THE NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD
AUDUBON NATURE INSTITUTE, INC.
Employer
and Case 15-RC-8811
INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF TEAMSTERS
LOCAL UNION 270
Petitioner
ORDER
Employer's Request for Review of the Regional Director's Decision and
Direction of Election is denied as it raises no substantial issues warranting review.
WILMA B. LIEBMAN, CHAIRMAN
PETER C. SCHAUMBER, MEMBER
Dated, Washington, D.C., December 10, 2009.
Effective midnight December 28, 2007, Members Liebman, Schaumber, Kirsanow, and
Walsh delegated to Members Liebman, Schaumber, and Kirsanow, as a three-member
group, all of the Board's powers in anticipation of the expiration of the terms of Members
Kirsanow and Walsh on December 31, 2007. Pursuant to this delegation, Chairman
Liebman and Member Schaumber constitute a quorum of the three-member group. As a
quorum, they have the authority to issue decisions and orders in unfair labor practice and
representation cases. See Sec. 3(b) of the Act. See Narricot Industries, L.P. v.
NLRB,- F.3d_, 2009 WL 4016113 (4th Cir. Nov. 20, 2009); Snell Island SNFLLC v.
NLRB, 568 F.3d 410 (2d Cir. 2009), petition for cert. filed 78 U.S.L.W. 3130 (U.S. Sept.
11, 2009) (No. 09-328); New Process Steel v. NLRB, 564 F.3d 840 (7th Cir. 2009), cert.
granted - S.Ct. 2009 WL 1468482 (U.S. Nov. 2, 2009); Northeastern Land
Services v. NLRB, 560 F.3d 36 (1 st Cir. 2009), petition for cert. filed 78 U.S.L.W. 3098
(U.S. Aug. 18, 2009) (No. 09-213). But see Laurel Baye Healthcare of Lake Lanier, Inc.
v. NLRB, 564 F.3d 469 (D.C. Cir. 2009), petition for cert. filed 78 U.S.L.W. 3185 (U.S.
Sept. 29, 2009) (No. 09-377).