The applicant trade union applied for certification for a bargaining unit consisting of cleaning staff at a single apartment building managed by the respondent.
The parties agreed on the bargaining unit description.
The Board held a hearing to address concerns about undue fragmentation of the workforce.
Given the history of viable collective bargaining relationships in the property management industry based on similar site-specific cleaning units, and relying on a previous decision involving the same parties at a nearby building, the Board accepted the agreed-upon bargaining unit as appropriate and granted the certificate.
