The applicant union applied for certification for a bargaining unit of employees at the respondent's shop.
The parties disputed whether four employees participating in a federal Work Sharing Program should be classified as full-time or part-time, and whether separate full-time and part-time bargaining units were appropriate.
The Board found that the employees in the Work Sharing Program were historically full-time employees subject to a temporary reduction in hours to avoid layoff.
Concluding that there was no history of part-time employment and that all employees shared a community of interest, the Board determined that a single all-employee bargaining unit was appropriate and granted the certificate.
