Governed United Security Professionals (Golden SVCS, LLC), (2023)

• Date: 18 August 2023

JD-53-23

Washington, D.C.

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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

BEFORE THE NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD

DIVISION OF JUDGES

GOVERNED UNITED SECURITY

PROFESSIONALS(GOLDEN SVCS, LLC)

and Case 05-CB-299530

SHELDON N. FRASER, AN INDIVIDUAL

Stephanie Cotilla Eitzen, Esq., for the General Counsel

Kent Emery, Pro Se, Baltimore MD, for the Respondent

DECISION

STATEMENT OF THE CASE

MICHAEL A. ROSAS, Administrative Law Judge. This case was tried in Washington,

D.C., May 16, 2023. Pursuant to a charge filed by the Charging Party, Sheldon N. Fraser, on July

13, 2022,1a complaint issued on January 25, 2023 alleging that the Respondent, Governed United

Security Professional (Golden SVCS, LLC),violated Section 8(b)(1)(A)2of the National Labor

Relations Act (the Act) on and after January 18 by failing and refusing to recognize the revocations

of dues checkoffs authorizations and fees by the Charging Party and similar-situated employees

after a successful deauthorization election. The Respondent’s defense essentially denied receiving

notice of the revocations or asserted that employee-members did not comply with its constitution

and bylaws applicable to membership revocations.

On the entire record,3including my observation of the demeanor of the witnesses, and after

considering the briefs filed by the General Counsel, I make the following

FINDINGS OF FACT

I. JURISDICTION

Golden SVCS, LLC (the Employer), is a limited liability company with an office and place

of business in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, and has been engaged in the business of providing contract

security services to industry and government agencies. In conducting its operations during the 12-

month period ending December 31, 2022, the Employer performed services valued in excess of

$50,000 in the District of Columbia and States other than the State of Tennessee. The Respondent,

1All dates are in 2022 unless otherwise indicated.

229 U.S.C. § 158(b)(1)(A).

3The General Counsel’s July 7, 2023 unopposed motion to correct the transcript is granted.