The applicants, employees of a cleaning company, applied to terminate the bargaining rights of the respondent union.
They submitted a petition signed by a majority of the bargaining unit employees.
The Board found that the majority of the signatures were collected by an employee who was a close friend of the employees' supervisor, and that she collected them during working hours after obtaining permission to leave early.
The Board concluded that the employees might have perceived management involvement or feared their wishes would be communicated to management.
Consequently, the Board held that the petition did not represent the voluntary wishes of the employees and dismissed the application.
One Board member dissented, arguing that a representation vote should have been ordered.
