296 NLRB 938
Local 150, International Union Of Operating Engineers, Afl--Cio
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DECISIONS OF THE NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD
Local 150, International Union of Operating Engi-
neers, AFL-CIO and The Austin Company and
Ross Construction, Inc., Party in Interest and
Broadacre Development Co., Party in Interest.
Case 13-CD-391
September 29, 1989
DECISION AND DETERMINATION OF
DISPUTE
BY CHAIRMAN STEPHENS AND MEMBERS
CRACRAFT AND HIGGINS
The charge in this Section 10(k) proceeding was
filed August 12, 1987, by the Austin Company, al-
leging that the Respondent, International Union of
Operating Engineers, Local Union No. 150, AFL-
CIO (Local 150), violated Section 8(b)(4)(D) of the
Act by engaging in proscribed activity with an
object of forcing the Austin Company and its sub-
contractors to assign certain work to employees it
represents rather than to employees represented by
Carpenters Local Union 1, Chicago and Northeast
Illinois
District
Council of Carpenters,
United
Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America
(Local 1). The hearing was held August 27, 1987,
before Hearing Officer Margaret B. Peck.
The National Labor Relations Board has delegat-
ed its authority in this proceeding to a three-
member panel.
The Board affirms the hearing officer's rulings,
finding them free from prejudicial error. On the
entire record, the Board makes the following find-
ings.
1. JURISDICTION
The Austin Company is an Ohio corporation, en-
gaged as a designer engineer and builder at its fa-
cility in Chicago, Illinois, where it annually derives
gross revenues in excess of $500,000 and annually
receives goods and materials valued in excess of
$50,000 directly from points located outside the
State of Illinois . The parties stipulated, and we
find, that the Austin Company 1 is engaged in com-
merce within the meaning of Section 2(6) and (7)
of the Act and that Local 150, International Union
of Operating Engineers is a labor organization
within the meaning of Section 2(5) of the Act.
' The parties, apparently inadvertently , did not stipulate that Ross
Construction is an employer under the Act Nor is there any evidence in
the record that enables us to conclude that Ross is an employer under the
Act However, because there is no claim that we lack jurisdiction and as
the parties had every opportunity to make such an argument , we assume
this lack of jurisdictional information is a mere oversight. In any event,
jurisdiction is established by virtue of the stipulation regarding Austin
II. THE DISPUTE
A. Background and Facts of Dispute
The Austin Company is the general contractor
for the renovation of a six-story building located at
401
East Illinois Street,
Chicago, Illinois (the
North Pier Terminal). Inside the North Pier Termi-
nal there are three manually operated elevators.
Austin is a party to a prehire collective-bargaining
agreement with Local 150. That agreement states
at article VI, section 12, inter alia, that an operat-
ing engineer is required for "elevators that are or
will be a permanent part of a building or structure
when used for remodeling or renovation work
when the area being reconstructed exceeds 9,000
square feet." The agreement also states that Austin
can subcontract work only to entities that are par-
ties to the applicable labor agreement with Local
150. Ross Construction, Inc. is one of Austin's sub-
contractors on the North Pier Terminal project.
The subcontract between Austin and Ross states
that the inside elevators at the North Pier Terminal
are for Ross' use and that operators for the eleva-
tors are to be provided by Ross . Ross is not a party
to the applicable collective -bargaining agreement
with Local 150 but is a party to a collective-bar-
gaining agreement with Local 1. Ross employs ap-
proximately 10-12 carpenters at the North Pier
project and has told these employees to use the ele-
vators on an as-needed basis.
The record indicates that 3 or 4 months prior to
the hearing in this case Robert Paddock, Local
150's
business
agent,
spoke
with
Edward
W.
Klausner,
Austin's project construction
manager
for the North Pier Terminal site . During this con-
versation Paddock mentioned that Austin did not
have a Local
150 man operating the elevators.
Klausner explained that Austin 's subcontract stated
that the elevators were for the subcontractor's use.
On August 6, 1987, Paddock spoke with Dale
Dippen, another Austin representative with respon-
sibility for the North Pier project . During the con-
versation the parties again discussed the applicabil-
ity of the Local 150 agreement to the North Pier
job. Dippen explained that Austin was maintaining
its position that the Local 150 agreement was not
applicable to the North Pier job and that the sub-
contractors were responsible for the elevators and
would provide the people to run them. After this
conversation, Paddock observed two Ross employ-
ees use an elevator. On August 11, 1987, Local 150
sent an area standards telegram to Ross Construc-
tion. 2
Don Ross, owner of Ross Construction,
2 Paddock testified that Ross' employees were not making the area
wage standard for elevator operators.
296 NLRB No. 121
OPERATING ENGINEERS LOCAL 150 (AUSTIN CO.)
called Paddock on August 11 , 1987,3 and asked
why he had received the telegram . Ross testified
that Paddock replied, "you should be having a 150
operator on the elevator."4 Ross responded that he
had never hired an operator in the past and did not
intend to do so in the future . Local 150 pickets
with area standards legends appeared at the site on
August 11 .5 On August 12, the Austin Company
filed an 8(b)(4)(D) charge against Local 150 and on
August 13, the pickets were withdrawn.
B. Work in Dispute
The disputed work involves the operation of
inside elevators at 401 East Illinois Street, Chicago,
Illinois (North Pier Terminal).
C. Contentions of the Parties
Local 150 contends that no jurisdictional dispute
exists and that the notice of hearing should be
quashed because there are no competing claims for
the work and no proscribed activity took place.
Additionally, Local 150 claims that all parties have
agreed on a method for voluntary adjustment of
the dispute.
Austin, Ross Construction, and Broadacre De-
velopment Co. 6 contend that although Local l's
business agent disclaimed interest in the work,
Ross' employees operated the elevators on an as-
needed basis both before and after the picketing.?
They also contend that the object of the picketing
was to force Ross to assign a Local 150 member to
the elevator work and that no common method of
adjustment exists to which all parties are bound.
Further, Austin, Ross, and Broadacre contend that
many of the factors traditionally considered by the
Board in making jurisdictional awards-area and
industry practice, relative skills, economy and effi-
ciency of operations, and employer practice and
preference-are present and favor an award of the
disputed work to Ross' employees.
D. Applicability of the Statute
Before the Board may proceed to a determina-
tion of dispute under Section 10(k) of the Act it
must be satisfied there is reasonable cause to be-
lieve that Section 8 (b)(4)(D) has been violated and
a Ross had originally received a telegram addressed to Ross Accousti-
cal Supply. Subsequently, Ross notified Local 150 that Ross Accoustical
was not performing any work on the North Pier job and a telegram with
the same area standards language was sent to Ross Construction.
4 Paddock denied making these statements.
5 All dates refer to 1987 unless otherwise specified.
9 Broadacre owns the North Pier Terminal building and is a party in
interest to this proceeding along with Ross Construction
Ross' employees did not operate the elevators during the picketing
on orders from Don Ross.
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that the parties have not agreed on a method for a
voluntary adjustment of the dispute.8
With regard to the competing claims question,
the party raising the issue that a disclaimer elimi-
nates the existence of a jurisdictional dispute (Local
150) has the burden of proving a clear, unequivo-
cal, and unqualified disclaimer of all interest in the
work in dispute.9 Here, though Local l's business
agent testified that his union had no interest in the
work, the evidence that the members of Local 1
performed the work both before and after the pick-
eting remains unrefuted . The only time Ross' em-
ployees stopped performing the work was during
the picketing when Donald Ross (owner of Ross
Construction) told them to stop using the elevators.
Further, Local l's conduct is equivocal as there is
no indication that Local l's business agent at any
time directed Local l 's members to stop perform-
ing the work. Under these circumstances we find
that Local 150 has failed to carry its burden of es-
tablishing Local l 's clear, unequivocal, and un-
qualified disclaimer to the work in dispute.
Moreover, even if we assume Local 150 has car-
ried its burden of proving an unequivocal disclaim-
er by Local 1, such a disclaimer involves no sacri-
fice by Local l's members. The Respondent, how-
ever, argues that the Board should : accept Local
l's disclaimer without requiring evidence of sacri-
fice on the part of its members as a result of the
disclaimer, as the presence or absence of sacrifice is
immaterial to the disclaimer's validity; that two
active claims for the work are necessary to have a
jurisdictional dispute; that cases to the contrary are
in error; and that the Board honors disclaimers re-
gardless of sacrifice in cases in which the disclaim-
ing union has not been assigned the work . This ar-
gument, however, ignores that in cases finding a
jurisdictional dispute in the absence of two active
claims for the "work," the disclaiming union, while
having disclaimed the "work," did not disclaim the
pay that went along with the work .1 ° Because, at
its core, a jurisdictional dispute is a dispute over
who shall be paid for particular work, 11 a disclaim-
er of the "work" that does not also equate to a dis-
claimer of the pay fails to extinguish the dispute
a See Operating Engineers Local 925 (Bradshaw Industrial Coatings), 264
NLRB 962, 964 (1982)
9 Operating Engineers Local 77 (C J. Coakley Co.), 257 NLRB 436,
438-439 (1981)
10 See Longshoremen ILA Local 1291 (Pocahontas Steamship Ca), 152
NLRB 676, 679-680 and 154 NLRB 1785 , 1789 (1965 ), enfd 368 F.2d
107, 110 (3d Cir 1966), cert
denied 386 U S 1033 ( 1967), Electrical
Workers IBEW Local 40 (F & B/Ceco), 199 NLRB 903, 904 (1972), Team-
sters Local 326 (Eazor Express), 203 NLRB 1002, 1004 (1973), Electrical
Workers IBEW Local 610 (Landau Outdoor Sign Co.). 225 NLRB 320, 321
(1976)
1 1 See Pocahontas Steamship, supra, 368 F 2d at 110
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DECISIONS OF THE NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD
when the disclaiming union continues to perform
the work.12
Here, as in the cases cited by the Respondent,
Local l 's disclaimer of the disputed work is not
synonymous with a disclaimer of pay for the em-
ployees performing the work , because the disputed
work is incidental to those employees ' main work
tasks (carpentry work , over which there is no dis-
pute and to which the disclaimer does not apply)
and the amount of compensation they receive for
performing the disputed work has not been shown
to be severable from the compensation they receive
for performing their carpentry work . Consequent-
ly, absent evidence that the compensation for the
disputed work is severable, a disclaimer of such
work is not synonymous with a disclaimer of the
employees' compensation and the jurisdictional di-
lemma remains, i.e., the employer is still caught in
the middle between two unions or groups of em-
ployees, having the choice of paying two groups of
employees while one group performs the work or
risking the disruption caused by maintaining the
status quo. This situation stands in sharp contrast to
one in which the employer is not placed in the po-
sition of having to pay two groups to perform the
work of one because the disclaiming party is not
being paid for the disputed work and, as a result,
its disclaimer is synonymous with a disclaimer of
the pay. In those circumstances no jurisdictional
dispute exists. In the instant case, then, the alleged
disclaimer is not effective to extinguish the jurisdic-
tional dispute.13
Similarly, Local 150's assertion that no jurisdic-
tional dispute exists because it seeks to perform
work different from that currently being performed
by Ross' employees lacks merit . Local 150 argues
that it wants to operate the elevators on a full-time,
not on an as-needed, basis. The record is clear,
however, that the instant dispute is over operation
of the elevators, and that such work was assigned
by Ross to its employees . Thus, there is no doubt
that the work currently being performed and that
which Local 150 seeks to perform overlap, if
indeed it is not the same, cf. Teamsters Local 839
(Shustleff & Andrews Constructors), 249 NLRB 176
(1980), affd. 695 F.2d 424 (9th Cir. 1982) (no juris-
dictional dispute where there is no overlapping
area of dispute between the two groups of employ-
ees). With regard to the maintenance function also
12 Thus, we read the statements in F & B/Ceco, supra, Eazor Express,
supra, and Landau Outdoor Sign Ca, supra-that two active claims to the
work are not necessary for there to be a jurisdictional dispute-as refer-
ring to "active" in the sense of "affirmatively seeking out" and to "work"
in the sense of "tasks to be performed " See also our decision issued
today in Operating Engineers Local 150 (All American Decorating Corp),
296 NLRB 933, 935 (1989)
See also Pocahontas Steamship, supra
Is Landau Outdoor Sign Co., supra at 321 See also All American Deco-
rating Corp., supra
sought by Local 150, it is clear that Local 150
seeks this work as an incidental part of its main
claim, which is to operate the elevators.
Local 150's claim that no reasonable cause to be-
lieve that proscribed activity took place also is
without merit. The evidence indicates that in a
telephone conversation on the day the pickets were
established Local 150's business agent (Paddock)
told Donald Ross "you should be having [sic] a
150 operator on the elevator." Though Paddock
denied that he ever demanded an assignment of ele-
vator operators from Ross Construction and indi-
cated the object of the pickets was to publicize
Ross' failure to pay wages and benefits equal to the
area standard for elevator operators, such conflicts
in testimony do not prevent the Board from pro-
ceeding under Section 10(k), as we are charged
only with determining whether reasonable cause
exists for finding a violation of Section 8(b)(4)(D)
of the Act, not that the violation actually oc-
curred.14
Local 150 also asserts that all the parties to the
dispute are bound by various collective -bargaining
agreements to have the dispute adjusted by the
Joint Conference Board established by the Stand-
ard Agreement of the Construction Employers As-
sociation of Chicago, Inc., and the Chicago and
Cook County Building Trades Council (Joint Con-
ference Board method). Local 150 states that the
contract to which it and Austin are parties binds
them to resolving the dispute by this method and
also states that the contract to which Local 1 and
Ross are parties places the same demands on them.
This assertion is premised on the erroneous as-
sumption that the collective-bargaining agreement
allegedly binding Austin and Local 150 is applica-
ble to the assignment of work by the party respon-
sible for assigning it. The subcontract between
Austin and Ross explicitly stated that the elevator
operators would be provided by the subcontractor
(Ross). It is clear that Ross assigned its employees
to use and operate the elevators on an as-needed
basis. In this regard , it is well settled that it is the
company that ultimately controls and makes the
job assignment that is deemed to be the employer.
Thus, the contract to which Austin and Local 150
14 Bricklayers Local 44 (Corbetta
Construction), 253 NLRB 131, 133
(1980)
Local 150 also argues that this case involves a contract dispute
and that Austin's real purpose in bringing the instant charge is to gain
Board approval of its assignment of the work to Ross' employees In sup-
port of this assertion Local 150 cites Teamsters Local 587 (USCP-Wesco),
280 NLRB 818 (1985). USCP- Wesco involved the alleged improper trans-
fer of unit work from one group of employees who had been performing
the work for 20 years to another group of employees There is no dispute
that the circumstances here are in the nature of a true jurisdictional dis-
pute rather than an attempt by an employer to use the 10(k) processes to
avoid compliance with an arbitration decision prohibiting it from subcon-
tracting the unit work
OPERATING ENGINEERS LOCAL 150 (AUSTIN CO.)
are parties is not germane to this case as it is Ross,
not Austin, that is the employer for the purpose of
deciding the work in dispute. 15 Since Austin has
not assigned the elevator operators here, the terms
of its agreement with Local 150 are not applicable
to this dispute.16
Finally, even if the broad language 17 of the col-
lective-bargaining agreement to which Local 150
and Austin are parties, in effect, creates an inde-
pendent duty by which Local
150 is bound to
submit jurisdictional disputes to the Joint Confer-
ence Board, 18 it would not result in our conclud-
ing that the parties are bound to an agreed-upon
method to resolve their dispute . For, even assum-
ing that Local 150 is bound to resolve the dispute
by the Joint Conference Board method, the em-
ployer here (Ross) has bound itself to two forums
for resolving its jurisdictional disputes.
The subcontract between Austin and Ross con-
tains, inter alia, the following paragraphs:
Subcontractors will make work assignments in
accordance with the rules and regulations cur-
rently prescribed by the National Joint Board
for the Settlement of Jurisdictional disputes for
the purpose of eliminating unreasonable misas-
15 It should be noted that the present case does not involve the mere
filing of a grievance against a general contractor for its alleged violation
of a union signatory subcontracting clause Here Local 150 has directed
its coercion against Ross to influence Ross' assignment of the work. The
agreement between Local 150 and Austin places no legal constraints on
Ross as to its assignment of the work Compare
Carpenters Local 33
(AGC of Massachusetts), 289 NLRB 1482 (1988).
16 Local 150 argues that Austin, in effect, did assign Local l's mem-
bers to perform the elevator work by determining in its subcontract with
Ross the category of tradesmen that would be required by Ross to per-
form its work (including operating the elevators) Local 150 points out
that the only category of tradesmen included in the subcontract is car-
penters. The evidence indicates, however, that although the subcontracts
are physically prepared by Austin , the determination as to which trades-
men are required by the subcontractor to complete the work is made by
the subcontractor There is no evidence suggesting that Austin prevented
Ross from including Local 150 members in the subcontract to operate the
elevators.
77 Sec 4 of the collective -bargaining agreement to which Austin and
Local 150 are parties deals with jursidictional disputes and states.
B COOK COUNTY- It is understood and agreed that the parties
to this Agreement shall be bound to the provisions of the Standard
Agreement establishing the Joint Conference Board as if set forth in
the full herein.
is It is settled law that an independent duty can be created outside a
collective-bargaining relationship thereby requiring a party to submit ju-
risdictional disputes to a specific forum
Operating Engineers Local 150
(D. H. Johnson) v. NLRB, 755 F 2d 78 (7th Cir 1985) (unions found to
have independent duty to submit jurisdictional disputes to the Joint Con-
ference Board by virtue of their membership in a Council which was
party to the agreement establishing that forum), affg
256 NLRB 1339
(1984). We note that one of the unions found to have had such an inde-
pendent duty in D. H. Johnson, supra, is the same Local 150 involved in
the instant case In the case sub judice, however, there is no indication or
allegation that Local 150 is a member of the Chicago and Cook County
Building and Construction Trades Council and , thereby, independently
bound to submit its jurisdictional disputes to the Joint Conference Board.
See also Plumbers Local 447 (Capitol Air Conditioning). 224 NLRB 985
(1976) (employer bound to submit jurisdictional disputes to forum where
employer is member of association that is signatory to agreement estab-
lishing forum)
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signments of work and preventing jurisdiction-
al disputes. An agreement to this effect shall
be contained in any Subcontract which this
Subcontractor may enter into with any other
Subcontractor on work performed for The
Austin Company.
The Subcontractor further agrees during the
term of this Subcontract to be bound by the
terms of the agreement between The Austin
Company and the Building and Construction
Trades Department, AFL-CIO effective June
1,
1973, providing, among other things, for
penalties against an employer arising out of un-
reasonable misassignments of work determined
by an impartial umpire and also providing,
among other things, for penalties against an
international union arising out of jursidictional
disputes similarly determined.
These provisions show that Ross has bound itself
to resolve jurisdictional disputes in accordance
with the National Joint Board method. In the
agreement to which Ross and Local 1 are parties,
however, Ross also bound itself to resolve jurisdic-
tional disputes under the Joint Conference Board
method.19
When a party to a jurisdictional dispute binds
itself to conflicting forums for the resolution of
such disputes, there is no
voluntary
agreement
binding all parties, without the risk of conflicting
judgments. Because the Board carries out its man-
date of protecting employers and the public from
the detrimental economic impact of jurisdictional
disputes by assuring, to the extent possible, a per-
manent resolution of those disputes, and because
the possibility of conflicting judgments means the
dispute might not be resolved permanently, the
purposes of Section 10(k) require that the merits of
this dispute be addressed.20
Accordingly, because we have found that there
is reasonable cause to believe that a violation of
Section 8(b)(4)(D) has occurred and that there
19 Art XXIX of the agreement between Ross and Local I states:
29 1 The Standard Agreement formulated by the Joint Conference
Board of the Construction Employers Association of Chicago, Inc
and the Chicago and Cook County Building Trades Council, as
amended and readopted, shall be and hereby is adopted as a part of
this Agreement for the Builders Association of Chicago and its mem-
bers only, as fully and completely as if incorporated herein , except as
to any provision of said Standard Agreement which may override or
be in conflict with any of the Articles or provisions of this Agree-
ment
While neither the Standard Agreement nor the agreement between
Austin and the Building and Construction Trades Department , AFL-CIO
have been placed in evidence (though Local 150 attached the Standard
Agreement to its brief), it is obvious from the descriptions of the forums
in the relevant contracts that Ross has bound itself to two distinct forums
for its resolving jurisdictional disputes.
20 D. H. Johnson Co, supra, 755 F.2d at 86
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DECISIONS OF THE NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD
exists no agreed-upon method for voluntary adjust-
ment of the dispute within the meaning of Section
10(k) of the Act, we deny Local 150's motion to
quash the notice of hearing and find that the dis-
pute is properly before the Board for determina-
tion.
E. Merits of the Dispute
Section 10(k) requires the Board to make an af-
firmative award of disputed work after considering
various factors. NLRB v. Electrical Workers IBEW
Local 1212 (Columbia Broadcasting), 364 U.S. 573
(1961). The Board has held that its determination in
a jurisdictional dispute is an act of judgment based
on common sense and experience, reached by bal-
ancing the factors involved in a particular case.
Machinists Lodge 1743 (J. A. Jones Construction),
135 NLRB 1402 (1962).
The following factors are relevant in making the
determination of this dispute.
1. Certifications and collective-bargaining
agreements
To the extent Local 150 argues that the agree-
ment to which it and Austin are parties controls
the award of the disputed work, we reiterate our
finding that that agreement is not applicable to this
dispute. Ross Construction and Local 1 are parties
to a collective-bargaining agreement but there is no
indication that their agreement requires that the
work be awarded to Ross' employees. There is no
agreement between Ross and Local 150. Therefore,
we find this factor favors neither group of employ-
ees.
2. Employer preference and past practice21
Ross has assigned the disputed work to its em-
ployees on an as-needed basis and prefers to contin-
ue this assignment. Further, Donald Ross stated
that he has never supplied an operating engineer to
run inside elevators. Therefore, this factor clearly
favors awarding the work to Ross' employees.
3. Area practice
Austin's construction manager on the North Pier
project, Edward Klausner, has 42 years of experi-
ence in the Chicago area construction industry and
stated that it is the area practice to have Local 150
people operate outside elevators and to have the
tradesmen operate inside elevators on an as-needed
21 Local 150 cites, as evidence of Austin's past practice, the fact that
Austin assigned the operation of inside elevators to Local 150 members
on the West Wacker job where virtually identical contractual relation-
ships among the parties in this case (i e., Austin, Local 150, Ross Con-
struction, and Local 1) existed . In the instant case, however, we have
found that Ross Construction is the relevant employer and thus we look
to its past practice of assigning the work
basis. Similarly, Donald Ross stated that in his 22
years of experience in the construction industry in
the Chicago area he has never supplied an operat-
ing engineer to run inside elevators. He also stated
that most of the projects he has been on have not
had operating engineers on the inside elevators.
Local 150's Business Agent Paddock merely stated
that a majority of the inside elevator assignments in
the Chicago area go to Local 150. The weight of
the evidence indicates, then, that the practice in the
Chicago area is to allow various tradesmen to op-
erate inside elevators on an as-needed basis. There-
fore, this factor favors awarding the work to Ross'
employees.
4. Relative skills
The evidence establishes that the three elevators
at issue are manually operated. Austin's construc-
tion manager (Klausner) and Donald Ross testified
that no special skills are needed to operate the ele-
vators. The elevators are controlled by moving a
lever inside the elevator. Local 150 Business Agent
Paddock stated that an operator must have hand
and eye coordination, a concern for placement of
loads and an awareness of safety, but did not claim
that Ross' employees lacked these skills. Regarding
safety, the evidence shows that there was an acci-
dent involving an employee of an Austin subcon-
tractor (not Ross Construction) who sprained his
neck, when decking he was carrying above his
head and which partially was sticking out of the el-
evator was hit by the elevator's counterweight.
This incident demonstrates not that special skills
are needed to operate the elevators but that precau-
tion and common sense must be exercised when
both operating and riding in them. Ross' employees
have been operating the elevators and no safety
problems caused by their performances have been
reported. Given the minimal level of skill required
to operate the elevators, it appears both groups of
employees are capable of performing the work.
Therefore, this factor favors an award to neither
Ross' employees nor to those represented by Local
150.
5. Economy and efficiency of operation
The record establishes that the elevators are used
only 30-50 percent of the time, mainly to carry
tradesmen and their tools to the floor where they
will be working.22 Donald Ross indicated that al-
lowing his employees to operate the elevators on
an as-needed basis is a convenience that expedites
the project. It is also evident that it would be a
22 Ninety percent of the construction material is hoisted to the various
floors by an outside crane that is operated by a Local 150 member
OPERATING ENGINEERS LOCAL 150 (AUSTIN CO.)
cost burden to have an operating engineer available
full time to run the elevators when they are used
only 30-50 percent of the day. Therefore, this
factor clearly favors awarding the work to Ross'
employees.
Conclusions
After considering all the relevant factors, we
conclude that Ross' employees represented by
Local 1 are entitled to perform the work in dis-
pute. We reach this conclusion relying on the fac-
tors of employer preference and past practice, area
practice, and economy and efficiency.
In making this determination, we are awarding
the work to employees represented by Local 1, not
to that Union or its members. The determination is
limited to the controversy that gave rise to this
proceeding.
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DETERMINATION OF DISPUTE
The National Labor Relations Board makes the
following Determination of Dispute.
1. Employees of Ross Construction , Inc., repre-
sented by Carpenters Local Union 1, Chicago and
Northeast Illinois District Council of Carpenters,
United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of
America are entitled to operate the inside elevators
at 401 East Illinois Street, Chicago , Illinois.
2. International Union of Operating Engineers,
Local Union No. 150, AFL-CIO is not entitled by
means proscribed by Section 8(b)(4)(D) of the Act
to force Ross Construction, Inc. to assign the dis-
puted work to employees represented by it.
3. Within 10 days from this date, International
Union of Operating Engineers, Local Union No.
150, AFL-CIO shall notify the Regional Director
for Region 13 in writing whether it will refrain
from forcing the Employer, by means proscribed
by Section 8(b)(4)(D), to assign the disputed work
in a manner inconsistent with this determination.