The applicant trade union applied for certification.
The union filed documentary evidence of membership for more than fifty-five percent of the employees in the bargaining unit.
A group of employees filed statements of desire in opposition to the application.
The Board found that the voluntariness of the signatures of three union members who signed the statements of desire was not proven, as the person who witnessed most signatures did not witness theirs, and there was no evidence regarding the circumstances of their signing.
Consequently, the Board declined to exercise its discretion to direct a representation vote and granted the certification.
One Board member dissented, arguing a representation vote should have been held.
