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Dailey News Tribune, 260 (1959)
many of whom, like themselves, have no direct contact with guests Their function in the operation of the hotel is not markedly different from that of housekeeping and custodial employees Both groups are engaged in maintaining the hotel premises and facilities in clean and serviceable condition, to the end that the Employer may successfully cater to the needs and desires of its guests, and both groups work throughout the hotel In some instances the work performed by maintenance employees and housemen is identical , and there is some interchange between them On the basis of the foregoing , we find that the employment interests of hotel maintenance employees are not, normally, sufficiently distinct from those of other employees as to compel their establishment in a separate bargaining unit Accordingly, as the Employer's repair and maintenance employees do not meet the Board's test for grouping as a separate craft, and as there is neither a history of bargaining in support of the requested unit, or an agreement between the Employer and the unions involved as to its appropriateness, factors which we would consider as indicative of the practicality and feasibility of such a unit and as warranting an exception to this general rule as to maintenance units in the hotel industry, we find that the unit requested by the Operating Engineers is inappropriate for purposes of collective bargaining within the meaning of Section 9 (b) of the Act VNe shall, therefore, dismiss the petition in Case No 12-RC-461
We find that the following employees of the Employer constitute a unit appropriate for the purposes of collective bargaining within the meaning of Section 9 (b) of the Act All employees at the Employer 's Miami Beach, Florida, hotel, including the housekeeping department , laundry, dining room, kitchen department, bar department (including food checkers and cashiers), telephone department, front service department, and repair and maintenance department, but excluding all office and clerical employees, guards, and supervisors as defined in the Act [The Board dismissed the petition in Case No 12-RC-461 ] [Text of Direction of Election omitted from publication ] Fullerton Publishing Company d/b/a Daily News Tribune and Los Angeles Newspaper Guild, Local No. 69, American Newspaper Guild, AFL-CIO. Case No 21-CA.-3296 November 23, 1959 DECISION AND ORDEROn Ju...See the full content of this document
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