The applicant union applied for certification for a bargaining unit of cleaning and maintenance employees.
The respondent employer argued that only the husband of a husband-and-wife superintendent team was an employee, which would result in an impermissible one-person bargaining unit.
Alternatively, the employer argued the wife was a part-time employee who should be in a separate unit.
The Board found that both spouses were employees, as they were hired as a team, shared duties, and compensation was paid directly to the wife.
The Board also rejected the argument for a separate part-time unit, finding it inappropriate to separate the spouses into different units.
A certificate was issued to the applicant.
