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Dapp2 5 109 LRU ISG FIFTY-FOURTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDED SEPTEMBER 39 c p FIFTY-FOURTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD FOR THE FISCAL YEAP. ENDED SEPTEMBER 30 UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20402 * 1991 For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office WashiD.Cn. 2g0402t (opapenr c,ove r) NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD Members of the Board JAMES M. STEPHENS, Chairman MARY MILLER CRACRAFT JOHN E. HIGGINS, JR. DENNIS M. DEVANEY! Chief Counsels of Board Members Evinor H. STILLMAN ANNE G. PURCELL HOWARD D. JOHNSON? Lester A. HELTZER? JOHN C. TRUESDALE, Executive Secretary , Solicitor MELVIN J. WELLES, Chief Administrative Law Judge DaviD B. PARKER, Director of Information Office of the General Counsel JosEPH E. DESI0, Acting General Counsel , Deputy General Counsel D. RANDALL FRYE, ACTING ASSOCIATE GENERAL COUNSEL WILLIAM G. STACK ROBERT E. ALLEN Acting Associate General Counsel Associate General Counsel Division of Operations Management Division of Enforcement Litigation HAROLD J. DaTz ERNEST RUSSELL Associate General Counsel Director Division of Advice Division of Administration ' Recess appointment effective November 22, 1988. ® Acting Chief Counsel. LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD, Washington, D.C., May 6, 1991. SIR: As provided in Section 3(c) of the Labor Management Relations Act, 1947, I submit the Fifty-Fourth Annual Report of the National Labor Relations Board for the fiscal year ended September 30, 1989. Respectfully submitted, JAMES M. STEPHENS, Chairman THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES THE PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE THE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Washington, D.C. TABOF LCONETEN TS CHAPTER PAGE I. Operain tFisicalo Ynears 19 89 1 A. Summary 1 NLRB Administration 2 B. Operational Highlights 3 1. UnfLabaor iPrarctic es 4 2. Representation Cases 10 3. Elections 11 4. Decisions Issued 13 a. The Board 13 b. Regional Directors 16 c. Administrative Law Judges 16 5. Court Litigation 16 a. Appellate Courts. 16 b. The Supreme Court 16 c. Contempt Actions 16 d. Miscellaneous Litigation 18 e. Injunction Activity 18 C. Decisional Highlights 19 1. Voter Eligibility of Locked-Out Employees and Their Replacements .. 19 2. “Closely Related” Test for 8(a)(1) Complaint Allegations 19 3. Eligibility of Supervisors to Vote in Internal Union Elections............... 20 4. No-Strike Provisions in Sympathy Strikes 22 5. Drug and Alcohol Testing is Mandatory Subject of Bargaining............ 23 6. Subcontracting Decision is Mandatory Subject of Bargaining ............... 23 D. Financial Statement 24 Il. NLRB Jurisdiction 25 A. Claim of Changed Circumstances 25 B. Political Subdivision > 26 Ill. NLRB Procedure....... = 29 A. 10(b) Period For Filing Charge 29 B. Section 102.6%a) 32 C. Non-Board Settlement - 33 IV Proceedings 37 A. Unit Clarification 37 SC EE 40 C. Scope of University Unit 42 D. Retrieval of Ballots 43 E. Preelection Grant of Benefit 44 F. Agent's Premature Disclosure 45 G. No-ElectioZnonee eMrisi~onndguc t 46 H. Voting Rights. 48 i 50 SO $1 K. Certification Pending Resolution of Conflict of Interest $2 L. Eligoif bLocikedl-Oiut cEm:ployye es 54 vil V Fifty-AnFnuaol uReprortt ohf t he N. 9a) Collective-Bargaining Relationship O. RecognitBairo Rnul e P. The 3-day PostinRugl e Q. ExcelsiRourl e UnfLabaor iPrarctic es A. Employer InterWfiteh rEmpeloyneec Reigh ts D. Employer Discrimination for Backpay Testimony E. Employer Bargaining Obligation .. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. iL. Failure to Remit Pension Contributions 12. Non-Board Settlement Breach. 13. Subcontracting Unit Work . Remfor eElimidnatiyng S hift . Reinstaan'd Beacmkpeay nIstsu es . 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Total Cases Received, Closed, and Pending, Fiscal Year 1989 188 1A. Unfair Labor Practice Cases Received, Closed, and Pending, Fiscal Year 1989 189 1B. Representation Cases Received, Closed, and Pendizg, Fiscal Year 1989— — 190 2. Types of Unfair Labor Practices Alleged, Fiscal Year 1989 191 3A. Formal Actions Taken in Unfair Labor Practice Cases, Fiscal Year 1989..... 193 3B. Formal Actions Taken in Representation and Union Deauthorization Cases, Fiscal Year 1989 194 3C. Formal Actions Taken in Amendment of Certification and Unit Clarification Cases, Fiscal Year 1989 . % 4. Remedial Actions Taken in Unfair Labor Practice Cases Closed, Fiscal Year 1989 197 5. Industrial Distribution of Cases Received, Fiscal Year 1989 199 6A. Geographic Distribution of Cases Received, Fiscal Year 1989 202 6B. Standard Federal Administrative Regional Distribution of Cases Received, Fiscal Year 1989 205 7. Analysis of Methods of Disposition of Unfair Labor Practice Cases Closed, Fiscal Year 1989... 208 7A. Anal; is of Methods of Disposition of Jurisdictional Dispute Cases Closed Prior to Unfair Labor Practice Proceedings, Fiscal Year 1989................... 210 8. Oe ee ny Cane eeene aan Sen oan woe 211 9. sieeaiionths Saihsa ba msamnitinas ta Waaon Donaiheainiion Gam Closed, Fiscal Year 1989 . m2 10. Analysis of Methods of Disposition of Representation and Union PF Deauthorization Cases Closed, Fiscal Year 1989 213 ( 10A. Analysis of Methods of Disposition of Amendment of Certification and \ Unit Clarification Cases Closed, Fiscal Year 1989.......... 214 11. Types of Elections Resulting in Certification in Cass Closed, Fiscal Year , 1989 21 11A. Analysis ofE lections Conducted in Representation Cases Closed, Fiscal WEED Gee bcascccscenensnessensnecscsrecsssssenssscnnsssnssesnesenmenansens . 2 11B. Representation Elections inW hich Objections and/x Determinative Challenges Were Ruled On in Cases Closed, Fiscal Year 1989................... 217 11C. cere erertenrn-vemrnenttrearmenrenes om GEE FUP a ceccescssssssssscccescesscescecesssesensvscnseipesvocnanssespeseeey l 12. Resultso fU nionS hopD eauthoruzation Pollsi nCa sesC losed,F iscalY ear 13. Seaht hduaun ohR aseuaaiion Shaaiaas a Gann Chua Yond Dan FIED cansressecesnssescesvcnsensensssnsnenenesenssnsnsesnnsnssnasssensenssenesessesesneenssnsesseononsnssenecvsvesssntes® 221 14. Valid Votes Cast in Elections, by Final Results ofE lection, Bp GD GD CPUS WHEE ei tasccscoccenvesccsscccsecncocenuscanessescenscecevevessesseneeneene 224 ISA. se =, |_ —_ ata ananncnapnanasaeetaensntnanianasnntan UREWUES GS U corsssczencszsnsssessssenenicnnessnsnssce> sqnsnsnsnessscssnsueneee 227 xI Vii Fifty-Fourth Annual Report of the National Labor Relations Board Gg hic Distribution of Collective-BEelerctsiosnsi Hneiidn iga C CloFisscael Ydear, 19 89 ic Distribution of Decertification Elections Held in Cases Closed, FiscYeaar l198 9 Industrial Distribution of Representation Elections Held in Cases Closed, Fiscal Year 1989 2% Size of Units in Representation Elections in Cases Closed, Fiscal Year 1989 239 Distribution of Unfair Labor Practice Situations Received, by Number of Employees in Establishments, Fiscai Year 1989 . i Litigation for Enforcement and/or Review of Board Orders, Fiscal Year 1989; and Cumulative Totals, Fiscal Years 1936-1989 Proceedings Decided by Circuit Courts of Appeals on Petitions for Enforcement and/or Review of Board Orders, Fiscal Year 1989, Compared With 5-Year Cumulative Totals, Fiscal Year 1985 through 1989 Injunction Litigation UnderS ections1 0(),1 0),a nd1 0(),F iscalY ear eet liuaions tances TIA onaaias af malian tsO AD Court Decisions Issued in Fiscal Year 1989 Advisory Opinion Cases Received, Closed, and Pending, Fiscal Year 1989.. 24? Disposition of Advisory Opinion Cases, Fiscal Year 1989 Time Elapsed for Major Case Processing Stages Completed, Fiscal Year 1989; and Age of Cases Pending Decision, September 30, 1989 NLRB Activity Under the Equal Access to Justice Act, Fiscal Year 1989... 249 CHAIRN CTHAPSTER I . (Case Intake by Unfair Labor Practice Charges and Representation Petitions Number an’ Age of Unfair Labor Practice Cases Pending Under Preliminary Investigation, Month to Month . Unfair Labor Practice Merit Factor... . Complaints Issued in Unfair Labor Practice Proceedings and Median Days Operations In Fiscal Year 1989 Statistical highlights of NLRB’s casehandling activities in fiscal 1989 include: a The NLRB conducted 4413 conclusive ° Although theA gency chs3 7,992 cases, 24,581 cases were cng Bohghe Sy at the end of the fiscal year. included 29,910 cases involving unfair labor practice charges and 7567 cases affecting employee representation and 516 related cases.