D.R. No. 2012-11
Synopsis:
IAFF Local 4395 (Local 4395) filed a representation petition for card check certification seeking to add the title, senior clerk typist to its existing collective negotiations unit of all regularly employed nonsupervisory employees of the Jackson Township Fire District #2 (District). The petition was accompanied by an authorization card signed by the senior clerk typist. The Fire District opposed certification, claiming that the petition was filed without the approval of the employees in the unit. It refused to consent to the proposed stipulation of unit and did not provide a requested certification which attested to the posting of the requisite Notice to Public Employees.
The Director of Representation determined that in the context of this petition, Local 4395 was not obligated to demonstrate that a majority of employees in the unit approved of the petition. The Director also found that no facts suggested that adding another civilian title to a negotiations unit already comprised of a civilian title and firefighter titles rendered the unit inappropriate for collective negotiations.
Pursuant to N.J.A.C. 19:11-2.4(e), the Director noted that the Fire District’s apparent failure to post the Notice to Public Employees for ten days would not impede certification of the unit.
The Director found that Local 4395 met the requirements of the Act and certified the unit based upon its authorization card from the senior clerk typist.
PERC Citation:
D.R. No. 2012-11, 39 NJPER 44 (¶16 2012)
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15.44, 32.91, 32.92, 32.221
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