The applicant union applied for certification.
A group of employees filed statements of desire (a petition) opposing the union.
The Board held a hearing to determine the voluntariness of the petition.
The Board found inconsistencies in the evidence of the employee who circulated the petition, including his failure to disclose leaving work early on the days he mailed the petition and related letters.
The Board concluded the objectors failed to discharge the onus of proving the petition was a voluntary expression of the employees' true wishes.
As the union had the requisite membership support, the Board certified the union, pending final resolution of the bargaining unit description regarding certain disputed positions.
