The applicant union sought certification for a bargaining unit of production employees.
The issue was whether a numerical control programmer shared a community of interest with the production employees or should be excluded as office/technical staff.
The Board applied the Usarco criteria, focusing on conditions of employment, organizational structure, and functional coherence.
Finding that the programmer shared similar compensation, hours, and reporting structures with production workers, the Board concluded there was a community of interest and included the position in the bargaining unit.
