The applicant union applied for certification to represent employees of the respondent hotel.
The respondent challenged the applicant's trade union status due to a recent merger of two locals, and argued against the exclusion of part-time employees and students from the bargaining unit.
The Board found the applicant to be a trade union and maintained its standard practice of excluding part-time employees and students.
However, because many membership cards bore the name of a predecessor local rather than the newly merged applicant, the Board found an element of doubt regarding the employees' intentions and ordered a representation vote.
One Board member dissented, arguing that the cards were valid and automatic certification should have been granted.
