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Interim certification granted for part-time hospital employees; student inclusion issue deferred for further hearing.
The applicant trade union applied for certification of a bargaining unit of part-time employees and students at the respondent hospital.
The parties agreed on the unit description except for the inclusion of students employed during the school vacation period.
The respondent argued that students lacked a community of interest or, alternatively, that a representation vote should be deferred until the summer when students were employed.
The Board declined to defer the vote based on the build-up principle and granted interim certification for the agreed-upon unit, excluding students pending a final determination of the bargaining unit composition.
The Board issued procedural directions for the exchange of pleadings and documents to resolve the outstanding issue.
