Yreka Police Officer's Association

National Labor Relations Board - Unpublished Board Decisions

Aug 6, 2009

20-WH-000019 (N.L.R.B. Aug. 6, 2009)

Yreka, CA
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
BEFORE THE NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD
CITY OF YREKA
Employer
and Case 20-WH-19
YREKA POLICE OFFICER'S ASSOCIATION
Petitioner
CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVE AS BONA FIDE
UNDER SECTION 7(B) OF THE FAIR LABOR STANDARDS ACT OF 1938
On April 24, 2009, Yreka Police Officer's Association filed with the Regional
Director for Region 20 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. Sec. 207(b).
On April 28, 2009, 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, 1 the Regional Director recommended to the Board
that the requested certification be issued.
No party having shown cause why a certification should not be issued, the
National Labor Relations Board hereby certifies that Yreka Police Officer's Association is
a bona fide representative, for purposes of Section 7(b) of the FLSA, of the employees
1 The record indicates that on April 6, 1978, a City Council Resolution regarding
Employer-Employee Organization Relations was passed by the Employer to
allow for meeting and conferring in good faith with Recognized Employee
Organizations concerning wages, hours and other terms and conditions of
employment, and that subsequently, the Employer granted recognition to the
Petitioner as the bargaining representative of the employees in the unit. The
parties' most recent collective-bargaining agreement is effective from July 1,
2008 to June 30, 2010.
employees of the City of Yreka in the following unit:2
Police Officer, Police Officer Trainee, Dispatcher, Animal Control Officer,
Detective, Administrative Secretary, and Records Supervisor.
Dated, Washington, D.C., August 6, 2009.
By direction of the Board:
Lester A. Heltzer
Executive Secretary
2 A certificate of 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).
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