The union applied for certification to represent employees of a child and family services agency.
The parties disputed the inclusion of two classifications in the bargaining unit.
The Board found that 'househeads' exercised managerial functions, including effective recommendation on hiring, discipline, and performance evaluation, and excluded them due to a conflict of interest.
However, the Board found that 'child care teachers' shared a community of interest with the other child care workers, noting similarities in conditions of employment and functional interdependence, and included them in the bargaining unit.
