Van Buren County Dispatchers

National Labor Relations Board - Unpublished Board Decisions

Jan 12, 2015

07-WH-120253 (N.L.R.B. Jan. 12, 2015)

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Van Buren County, MI
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
BEFORE THE NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD
VAN BUREN COUNTY
Employer
and Case 07-WH-120253
POLICE OFFICERS ASSOCIATION OF MICHIGAN
Petitioner
CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVE AS BONA FIDE
UNDER SECTION 7(B) OF THE FAIR LABOR STANDARDS ACT OF 1938
On January 9, 2014, Police Officers Association of Michigan filed with the
Regional Director for Region 7 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 January 24, 2014, the Regional Director 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 collective-
bargaining representative of the unit employees, the Regional Director recommended to
the Board that the requested certification be issued.1
No party having shown cause why the requested certification should not be
issued, the National Labor Relations Board hereby certifies that Police Officers
Association of Michigan is a bona fide representative, for purposes of Section 7(b) of

1 The record indicates that the most recent collective-bargaining agreement between
the parties was effective by its terms from January 10, 2012 through December 31,
2013, and extended through December 31, 2014.
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the FLSA, of the employees of Van Buren County, Michigan in the following bargaining
unit: 2
All full-time employees employed in the Van Buren County
Sheriffs Department classified and occupying the position of
radio dispatcher; but excluding sheriff, undersheriff,
sergeant, chief deputy, deputy patrolman, correctional
officers, all clerical employees, all food service employees,
and all other employees.
Dated, Washington, D.C., January 12, 2015.
By direction of the Board:
Gary Shinners
__________________________
Executive Secretary

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