Marriott Hotel Services, Inc.

National Labor Relations Board - Unpublished Board Decisions

Sep 25, 2019

20-RC-236046 (N.L.R.B. Sep. 25, 2019)

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
BEFORE THE NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD
MARRIOTT HOTEL SERVICES, INC.
Employer
and Cases 20-RC-236046
UNITE HERE LOCAL 2
Petitioner
ORDER
The 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.1
LAUREN McFERRAN, MEMBER
MARVIN E. KAPLAN, MEMBER

1 Chairman Ring took no part in the consideration of this case.
Member Emanuel would grant review of the Regional Director’s Decision and
Direction of Election and the Decision and Certification of Representative, finding that
the Employer raised a substantial issue as to the appropriateness of the petitioned-for
separate unit including the Services (Housekeeping), Event Operations (Banquets),
Culinary, and Restaurants departments, and At-Your-Service Runners, but excluding
the other front office employees. In his view, the only appropriate unit in this case,
consistent with PCC Structurals, Inc., 365 NLRB No. 160 (2017) and The Boeing Co.,
368 NLRB No. 67 (2019), is a unit consisting of the above-mentioned departments and
all front office department employees (including At-Your-Service Agents (AYS Agents),
At-Your-Service Runners (AYS Runners), Guest Service Aides, PM Front Desk
Clerks/Night Auditors, Room Controllers, Guest Service Representatives, and Shipping
and Receiving Attendants). See Davidson Hotels Company, LLC, 13-RC-217487, 2019
WL 2408749 (rev. denied 6/5/19)(Emanuel dissenting).
In so finding, Member Emanuel emphasizes the following “community of interest”
factors found by the Regional Director to support the inclusion of all front desk
employees in the larger unit: “the employees in the excluded classification and those in
the alternative unit are functionally integrated, enjoy a substantial degree of contact,
share many similar terms and conditions of employment, and have some degree of
shared overall supervision at the highest levels.” Additionally, Member Emanuel notes
that the Regional Director’s inclusion of the AYS Runners in the unit—a classification
designated as a “front office” position—while excluding other front office employees who
also share a high degree of contact with the housekeeping staff, raises substantial
issues regarding the Regional Director’s decision.
WILLIAM J. EMANUEL, MEMBER
Dated, Washington, D.C., September 25, 2019.