The applicant union applied for certification to represent the respondent's part-time employees.
The respondent employer alleged that the union's membership evidence was tainted because rank-and-file employees assisting in the organizing campaign misrepresented the union's two-tiered initiation fee structure, telling employees it would cost $1 to join now but $20 later.
The Board found that the union's fee structure itself was acceptable and that the misstatements were made by rank-and-file employees, not full-time union organizers.
The Board concluded that the misrepresentations did not warrant discounting the membership cards or ordering a representation vote.
A certificate was issued to the applicant.
One Board member dissented, arguing a vote should be ordered due to the misrepresentations.
