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Comcast Cable Communications Management, LLC
Case Number: 32-RD-216634
Tally Issued Date: 11 April 2018
Tally Type: Initial
Ballot Type: Single Labor Organization
Date Filed: 15 March 2018
Status: Closed
No. of Eligible Voters: 65
Void Ballots: 0
Unit Location: Oakland, CA
Region Assigned: Region 32, Oakland, California
Unit ID: A
Votes Against: 28
Total Ballots Counted: 62
Votes for Labor Union1: 34
Labor Union1: COMMUNICATION WORKERS OF AMERICA, LOCAL 9415
Union to Certify: COMMUNICATION WORKERS OF AMERICA, LOCAL 9415
Voting Unit (Unit A): All full-time and regular part-time outside installation, construction, and technical employees as set forth in Appendix A of the current collective bargaining agreement that expires on June 11, 2018, that are employed by the Employer in its service department in the job classifications of warehouse persons, senior warehouse persons, installers, advanced installers, service technicians, commercial technicians I and commercial technicians II, and in its technical department in the job classifications of system technicians, advanced technicians and head end technicians, at or from its facilities located at 8470 Pardee Drive, Oakland, California, and 8120 MacArthur Blvd. in Oakland, California; excluding all other employees, customer service sales representatives, sales and telemarketing personnel, auditors, professional employees, managerial employees, temporary employees, pay TV, local origination, public access coordinators, programmers, marketing, subscription TV, design and drafting personnel, and other employees within the Employers’ regional and division offices and engineering departments, confidential employees, office clerical employees, guards, and supervisors as defined in the Act.
Mulzer Crushed Stone, Inc.
Case Number: 25-RC-216655
Tally Issued Date: 06 April 2018
Tally Type: Initial
Ballot Type: Single Labor Organization
Date Filed: 15 March 2018
Status: Closed
No. of Eligible Voters: 18
Void Ballots: 0
Unit Location: English, IN
Region Assigned: Region 25, Indianapolis, Indiana
Unit ID: A
Votes Against: 7
Total Ballots Counted: 18
Votes for Labor Union1: 11
Labor Union1: International Union of Operating Engineers, Local 181
Union to Certify: International Union of Operating Engineers, Local 181
Voting Unit (Unit A): All full-time and regular part-time production, maintenance, and scale house employees employed by the Employer at its English, Indiana facility; BUT EXCLUDING all office clerical employees, professional employees, managerial employees, and guards and supervisors as defined in the Act.
Sims Group USA Corporation
Case Number: 20-RC-216696
Tally Issued Date: 18 April 2018
Tally Type: Initial
Ballot Type: Single Labor Organization
Date Filed: 16 March 2018
Status: Closed
No. of Eligible Voters: 14
Void Ballots: 0
Unit Location: Rancho Cordova, CA
Region Assigned: Region 20, San Francisco, California
Unit ID: A
Votes Against: 5
Total Ballots Counted: 14
Votes for Labor Union1: 9
Labor Union1: Teamsters Union, Local 150
Union to Certify: Teamsters Union, Local 150
Voting Unit (Unit A): All full time and regular part-time mechanics, truck drivers, laborers,
laborer/operators, equipment operators, ferrous scale operators, and
non-ferrous scale operators employed by the Employer at its facility
located at 1320 Dismantle Ct., Rancho Cordova, California; excluding all
crushing crew employees, office clerical employees, managers, guards,
and supervisors as defined by the Act.
DOLGENCORP, LLC, D/B/A DOLLAR GENERAL
Case Number: 22-RC-216702
Tally Issued Date: 06 April 2018
Tally Type: Initial
Ballot Type: Single Labor Organization
Date Filed: 16 March 2018
Status: Closed
No. of Eligible Voters: 5
Void Ballots: 0
Unit Location: Washington, NJ
Region Assigned: Region 22, Newark, New Jersey
Unit ID: A
Votes Against: 3
Total Ballots Counted: 3
Labor Union1: LOCAL 1262, UFCW
Voting Unit (Unit A): Included: All full-time and regular part-time Lead Sales Associates and Sales Associates employed by the Employer at its 297 Route 31 South, Washington, New Jersey. Excludied: All professional employees, temporary employees, office clerical employees, confidential employees, guards and supervisor as defined in the Act.
RTL CONSTRUCTION, INC.
Case Number: 18-RC-216694
Tally Issued Date: 27 April 2018
Tally Type: Initial
Ballot Type: Single Labor Organization
Date Filed: 16 March 2018
Status: Closed
No. of Eligible Voters: 15
Void Ballots: 0
Unit Location: Fargo, ND
Region Assigned: Region 18, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Unit ID: A
Votes Against: 0
Total Ballots Counted: 4
Votes for Labor Union1: 4
Labor Union1: International Union of Painters and Allied Trades District Council 82
Union to Certify: International Union of Painters and Allied Trades District Council 82
Voting Unit (Unit A): Included: All drywall finishers and sanders employed by the Employer in the State of North Dakota and city of Moorhead, Minnesota, and all employees who perform the work of drywall finishers in North Dakota and Moorhead, including taping, texturing, and sanding.
Excluded: All other employees, including all employees covered by another collective bargaining agreement, drywall installers, clerical employees, managers, and guards and supervisors as defined by the Act, as amended.
Also eligible to vote are all employees in the unit(s) who either (1) were employed a total of 30 working days or more within the 12 months preceding the election eligibility date or (2) had some employment in the 12 months preceding the election eligibility date and were employed 45 working days or more within the 24 months immediately preceding the election eligibility date. However, employees meeting either of those criteria who were terminated for cause or who quit voluntarily prior to the completion of the last job for which they were employed, are not eligible.
VCA San Francisco Veterinary Specialists
Case Number: 20-RC-216717
Tally Issued Date: 05 April 2018
Tally Type: Initial
Ballot Type: Single Labor Organization
Date Filed: 16 March 2018
Status: Closed
No. of Eligible Voters: 89
Void Ballots: 0
Unit Location: San Francisco, CA
Region Assigned: Region 20, San Francisco, California
Unit ID: A
Votes Against: 20
Total Ballots Counted: 76
Votes for Labor Union1: 56
Labor Union1: International Longshore and Warehouse Union
Union to Certify: International Longshore and Warehouse Union
Voting Unit (Unit A): All full-time and regular part-time registered veterinary technicians, veterinary assistants, technician assistants, service coordinators, client services representatives, facilities/maintenance employees, and shift leads; excluding all veterinarians, office clericals, managers, guards, and supervisors as defined by the Act.
OLYMPIC COMPANIES, INC.
Case Number: 18-RC-216688
Tally Issued Date: 27 April 2018
Tally Type: Initial
Ballot Type: Single Labor Organization
Date Filed: 16 March 2018
Status: Closed
No. of Eligible Voters: 16
Void Ballots: 1
Unit Location: Fargo, ND
Region Assigned: Region 18, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Unit ID: A
Votes Against: 0
Total Ballots Counted: 11
Votes for Labor Union1: 11
Labor Union1: International Union of Painters and Allied Trades District Council 82
Union to Certify: International Union of Painters and Allied Trades District Council 82
Voting Unit (Unit A): Included: All drywall finishers and sanders employed by the Employer in the State of North Dakota and the city of Moorhead, Minnesota, and all employees who perform the work of drywall finishers in North Dakota and Moorhead, including taping, texturing, and sanding.
Excluded: All other employees, including all employees covered by another collective bargaining agreement, drywall installers, clerical employees, managers, and guards and supervisors as defined by the Act, as amended.
Also eligible to vote are all employees in the unit(s) who either (1) were employed a total of 30 working days or more within the 12 months preceding the election eligibility date or (2) had some employment in the 12 months preceding the election eligibility date and were employed 45 working days or more within the 24 months immediately preceding the election eligibility date. However, employees meeting either of those criteria who were terminated for cause or who quit voluntarily prior to the completion of the last job for which they were employed, are not eligible.
Albany Medical Center
Case Number: 03-RC-216697
Tally Issued Date: 13 April 2018
Tally Type: Initial
Ballot Type: Single Labor Organization
Date Filed: 16 March 2018
Status: Closed
No. of Eligible Voters: 2153
Void Ballots: 0
Unit Location: Albany, NY
Region Assigned: Region 03, Buffalo, New York
Unit ID: A
Votes Against: 582
Total Ballots Counted: 1743
Votes for Labor Union1: 1161
Labor Union1: New York State Nurses Association
Union to Certify: New York State Nurses Association
Voting Unit (Unit A): All full-time, regular part-time, and per diem registered nurses primarily engaged in direct patient care, including all Clinical Nurse I, Clinical Nurse -I - Float Pool I, Clinical Nurse II Float Pool - 52 Weekend, Clinical Nurse II - Float Pool, Clinical Nurse II - Float Pool II, Clinical Nurse III, Clinical Nurse III - Float Pool I , Clinical Nurse III - Float Pool II, Clinical Nurse IV, Clinical Nurse IV - Float Pool II, Clinical Nurse V, Clinical Nurse II - 52 Weekend, Clinical Nurse III - 52 Weekend, Clinical Nurse III - Float Pool II - 52 Weekend, Clinical Nurse IV - 52 Weekend, Clinical Nurse V - 52 Weekend, Registered Professional Nurse II, Registered Professional Nurse III, Registered Professional Nurse IV, Registered Nurse - College Per Diem, Registered Nurse - Audiology Nurse, Registered Nurse - Lactation Consultant, Registered Nurse - Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner - Non-exempt, Registered Nurse - Hospital Per Diem, Registered Nurse – Ambulatory, Registered Nurse -Ambulatory Non-exempt, Registered Nurse - Ambulatory Per Diem, Registered Nurse - Clinical Support Nurse, Registered Nurse - Clinical Support Nurse – weekend, Clinical Nurse I Float Pool - 52 Weekend, Clinical Nurse I 52 Weekend, Clinical Nurse II, Clinical Nurse IV Float Pool- 52 Weekend, Clinical Nurse IV Float I, Clinical Nurse V Float Pool, Clinical Nurse V Float Pool - 52 Weekend, Registered Nurse - Stat (Adult), Registered Nurse - Stat (Pediatrics), Registered Nurse - PICC Line employed by the Employer at its facilities at 43 New Scotland Avenue, Albany, New York; 47 New Scotland Avenue, Albany, New York; 50 New Scotland Avenue, Albany, New York; 391 Myrtle Avenue, Albany, New York; 25 Hackett Boulevard, Albany, New York; 1769 Union Street, Niskayuna, New York; 35 Hackett Boulevard, Albany, New York; 1 Clara Barton Drive, Albany, New York; 1365 Washington Avenue, Albany, New York; 16 New Scotland Avenue, Albany, New York; 176 Washington Avenue Extension, Albany, New York; 724 Watervliet Shaker Road, Albany, New York; 22 New Scotland Avenue, Albany, New York; and 1367 Washington Avenue; but excluding all Graduate Registered Nurse Anesthetist, Registered Nurse - Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility - Patient Assessment Instrument Coordinator, Registered Nurse - Stroke Coordinator, Registered Nurse -Clinical Research Nurse, Registered Nurse - Clinical Research Nurse – Senior, Registered Nurse - Clinical Research Nurse Per Diem, Registered Nurse - Coordinator Emergency Medicine Outreach Program, Registered Nurse - Pelvic Pain Nurse Navigator, Registered Nurse- Quality Management Coordinator - Non-exempt, Registered Nurse - Quality Specialist, Registered Nurse - Quality Specialist Per Diem, Education Specialist Clinician Non-exempt, Registered Nurse - Education Specialist –Clinician, Nurse Clinician, Registered Nurse - Clinical Nurse Specialist, Registered Nurse - Cardiothoracic Registrar, and Registered Nurse Clinician Support Nurse – weekend, all employees employed at 11835 Route 9 Coxsackie, New York; 1561 Ulster Avenue, Suite 301, Kingston, New York; 400 Patroon Creek Boulevard, Albany, New York; 100 Great Oaks Boulevard, Albany, New York; 99 Delaware Avenue, Albany, New York; 58 Hackett Boulevard, Albany, New York; 66 Hackett Boulevard, Albany, New York; 6 Medical Park Drive, Ballston Spa, New York; employee health nurses, administrators, managers, confidential employees, guards, and all other professional employees and supervisors as defined in the Act, and all other employees.
There is a dispute as to whether the following job classifications should be included or excluded in the appropriate collective bargaining unit: Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist - Per Diem Non-exempt, Nurse Practitioner - Ventricular Assist Device Patient Coordinator, Nurse Case Manager, Nurse Case Manager - Non-exempt, Nurse Case Manager - Per Diem, Nurse Clinician - Nurse Practitioner, Nurse Practitioner Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Nurse Practitioner, Nurse Practitioner Surgery, Nurse Practitioners – Non-exempt, Nurse Practitioner Per Diem, RN Case Manager Psychiatry, Registered Nurse Referral Access Coordinator Senior Per Diem, Registered Nurse - Referral Access Coordinator Senior, Registered Nurse - Utilization Review Specialist, Utilization Review Nurse - Non-exempt, Utilization Review Nurse, Nurse Midwife Per Diem, and Registered Nurse Childbirth Educator Per Diem. The parties have reserved the right to challenge the eligibility of employees holding these job titles and to resolve their status in a post-election proceeding, if necessary.
*The parties agree that for the purposes of eligibility in this election, regular part-time and per diem employees must work an average of four hours per week over the thirteen weeks preceding the voting eligibility date in order to be eligible to vote.
*At 22 New Scotland Avenue, Albany, New York, the parties agree that the thirteen registered nurses employed at this site will be eligible to vote. The six nurse practitioners at this site will be voting subject to challenge.
USF Reddaway, Inc.
Case Number: 32-RC-216705
Tally Issued Date: 04 April 2018
Tally Type: Initial
Ballot Type: Single Labor Organization
Date Filed: 16 March 2018
Status: Closed
No. of Eligible Voters: 6
Void Ballots: 0
Unit Location: Tracy, CA
Region Assigned: Region 32, Oakland, California
Unit ID: A
Votes Against: 2
Total Ballots Counted: 5
Votes for Labor Union1: 3
Labor Union1: General Teamsters Local 439
Union to Certify: General Teamsters Local 439
Voting Unit (Unit A): All full-time and regular part-time clerical employees employed by the Employer at its facility located at 1495 E. Pescadero Ave, Tracy, CA 95304; excluding drivers, mechanics, guards, and supervisors as defined in the Act.
Sagen's Payrite Drug Inc.
Case Number: 19-RD-216720
Tally Issued Date: 06 April 2018
Tally Type: Initial
Ballot Type: Single Labor Organization
Date Filed: 16 March 2018
Status: Closed
No. of Eligible Voters: 6
Void Ballots: 0
Unit Location: Raymond, WA
Region Assigned: Region 19, Seattle, Washington
Unit ID: A
Votes Against: 3
Total Ballots Counted: 6
Votes for Labor Union1: 3
Labor Union1: United Food and Commercial Workers Union Local No. 367
Voting Unit (Unit A): All full-time and regular part-time employees employed by the Employer at its facility located in Raymond, Washington; excluding managers, pharmacists, and guards and supervisors as defined by the Act.
Sagen's Payrite Drug Inc.
Case Number: 19-RD-216720
Tally Issued Date: 21 May 2018
Tally Type: Rerun
Ballot Type: Single Labor Organization
Date Filed: 16 March 2018
Status: Closed
No. of Eligible Voters: 6
Void Ballots: 0
Unit Location: Raymond, WA
Region Assigned: Region 19, Seattle, Washington
Unit ID: A
Votes Against: 3
Total Ballots Counted: 6
Votes for Labor Union1: 3
Labor Union1: United Food and Commercial Workers Union Local No. 367
Voting Unit (Unit A): All full-time and regular part-time employees employed by the Employer at its facility located in Raymond, Washington; excluding managers, pharmacists, and guards and supervisors as defined by the Act.
CoreCivic, L.L.C.
Case Number: 22-RC-216742
Tally Issued Date: 05 April 2018
Tally Type: Initial
Ballot Type: Single Labor Organization
Date Filed: 16 March 2018
Status: Closed
No. of Eligible Voters: 11
Void Ballots: 0
Unit Location: Elizabeth, NJ
Region Assigned: Region 22, Newark, New Jersey
Unit ID: A
Votes Against: 0
Total Ballots Counted: 9
Votes for Labor Union1: 9
Labor Union1: Communications Workers of America, AFL-CIO
Union to Certify: Communications Workers of America, AFL-CIO
Voting Unit (Unit A): INCLUDED: All full-time and regular part-time non-professional employees, including food service workers, environmental services workers, maintenance workers, library aides and records clerks employed by the Employer at its Elizabeth, New Jersey facility.
EXCLUDED: All casual employees, human resources assistants, warden’s secretary, correctional officers, managers, guards, supervisors as defined in the Act, and all other employees.
Boutchantharaj Inc., d/b/a DFW Security Protective Force
Case Number: 19-RC-216725
Tally Issued Date: 05 April 2018
Tally Type: Initial
Ballot Type: Single Labor Organization
Date Filed: 16 March 2018
Status: Closed
No. of Eligible Voters: 42
Void Ballots: 0
Unit Location: Hamilton, MT
Region Assigned: Region 19, Seattle, Washington
Unit ID: A
Votes Against: 18
Total Ballots Counted: 25
Votes for Labor Union1: 17
Labor Union1: International Union, Security, Police and Fire Professionals of America (SPFPA)
Voting Unit (Unit A): All full-time and regular part-time security officers and reserve officers performing guard duties as defined in Section 9(b)(3) of the National Labor Relations Act, as amended, employed by the Employer under the Employer's contract with Rocky Mountain Lab; excluding all other employees, sergeants, lieutenants, project manager, assistant project managers, office clerical employees, professional employees, and supervisors as defined in the Act.
Boutchantharaj Inc., d/b/a DFW Security Protective Force
Case Number: 19-RC-216725
Tally Issued Date: 03 May 2018
Tally Type: Rerun
Ballot Type: Single Labor Organization
Date Filed: 16 March 2018
Status: Closed
No. of Eligible Voters: 38
Void Ballots: 0
Unit Location: Hamilton, MT
Region Assigned: Region 19, Seattle, Washington
Unit ID: A
Votes Against: 14
Total Ballots Counted: 34
Votes for Labor Union1: 20
Labor Union1: International Union, Security, Police and Fire Professionals of America (SPFPA)
Union to Certify: International Union, Security, Police and Fire Professionals of America (SPFPA)
Voting Unit (Unit A): All full-time and regular part-time security officers and reserve officers performing guard duties as defined in Section 9(b)(3) of the National Labor Relations Act, as amended, employed by the Employer under the Employer's contract with Rocky Mountain Lab; excluding all other employees, sergeants, lieutenants, project manager, assistant project managers, office clerical employees, professional employees, and supervisors as defined in the Act.
Waste Management of Pennsylvania, Inc., d/b/a Washington Hauling District and Arden Landfill, Inc.
Case Number: 06-RD-216734
Tally Issued Date: 14 December 2018
Tally Type: Initial
Ballot Type: Single Labor Organization
Date Filed: 19 March 2018
Status: Closed
No. of Eligible Voters: 103
Void Ballots: 0
Unit Location: Washington, PA
Region Assigned: Region 06, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Unit ID: A
Votes Against: 38
Total Ballots Counted: 98
Votes for Labor Union1: 59
Labor Union1: Teamsters Local Union 585 a/w International Brotherhood of Teamsters
Union to Certify: Teamsters Local Union 585 a/w International Brotherhood of Teamsters
Voting Unit (Unit A): All full-time and regular part-time drivers, including commercial; roll-off; residential 1-man; residential automated; residential recycle 1-man; residential recycle 2-man; satellite truck driver; container delivery; qualified helpers; helpers; tire person; heavy equipment operator; rock truck; Laborer A and Laborer B; excluding all office clerical employees, confidential employees, managerial employees, guards, dispatchers, professional employees and supervisors as defined in the Act.
Tarkett USA, Inc.
Case Number: 08-RC-216786
Tally Issued Date: 19 April 2018
Tally Type: Initial
Ballot Type: Single Labor Organization
Date Filed: 19 March 2018
Status: Closed
No. of Eligible Voters: 61
Void Ballots: 0
Unit Location: Middlefield, OH
Region Assigned: Region 08, Cleveland, Ohio
Unit ID: A
Votes Against: 17
Total Ballots Counted: 59
Votes for Labor Union1: 42
Labor Union1: Teamsters Local Union No. 507
Union to Certify: Teamsters Local Union No. 507
Voting Unit (Unit A): All full-time and regular part-time distribution associates, sample department employees, return department employees, distribution coordinators, and inventory employees employed by the Employer at its facility located at 16077 Industrial Parkway, Middlefield, Ohio, but excluding all office clerical employees, professional employees, temporary employees, independent contractors, guards and supervisors as defined in the Act.
Lee Enterprises, Incorporated d/b/a Missoula Independent
Case Number: 19-RC-216809
Tally Issued Date: 06 April 2018
Tally Type: Initial
Ballot Type: Single Labor Organization
Date Filed: 19 March 2018
Status: Closed
No. of Eligible Voters: 10
Void Ballots: 1
Unit Location: Missoula, MT
Region Assigned: Region 19, Seattle, Washington
Unit ID: A
Votes Against: 0
Total Ballots Counted: 8
Votes for Labor Union1: 8
Labor Union1: Pacific Northwest Newspaper Guild, Communications Workers of America Local 37082
Union to Certify: Pacific Northwest Newspaper Guild, Communications Workers of America Local 37082
Voting Unit (Unit A): All full-time and regular part-time editorial, production and sales employees employed by the Employer and working out of the Missoula, Montana facility located in Missoula, Montana; excluding managers, independent contractors, interns, confidential employees, and guards and supervisors as defined in the Act.
Boise Cascade Company
Case Number: 10-RC-216818
Tally Issued Date: 12 April 2018
Tally Type: Initial
Ballot Type: Single Labor Organization
Date Filed: 19 March 2018
Status: Closed
No. of Eligible Voters: 172
Void Ballots: 1
Unit Location: Thorsby, AL
Region Assigned: Region 10, Atlanta, Georgia
Unit ID: A
Votes Against: 107
Total Ballots Counted: 169
Votes for Labor Union1: 62
Labor Union1: Carpenters Industrial Council
Voting Unit (Unit A): All full time and regular part time production and maintenance employees and shipping clerks employed by the Employer at its 19953 U.S. Highway 31 Thorsby, Alabama, location, but excluding all temporary employees, office clerical employees, professional employees, managers, watchmen, guards, and supervisors as defined in the Act.
Concord Foods, LLC
Case Number: 01-RC-216927
Tally Issued Date: 11 April 2018
Tally Type: Initial
Ballot Type: Single Labor Organization
Date Filed: 20 March 2018
Status: Closed
No. of Eligible Voters: 127
Void Ballots: 0
Unit Location: Brockton, MA
Region Assigned: Region 01, Boston, Massachusetts
Unit ID: A
Votes Against: 68
Total Ballots Counted: 112
Votes for Labor Union1: 44
Labor Union1: General Teamsters, Chauffeurs, Warehousemen and Helpers of Brockton and Vicinity Union Local 653
Union to Certify: General Teamsters, Chauffeurs, Warehousemen and Helpers of Brockton and Vicinity Union Local 653
Voting Unit (Unit A): All full-time and regular part-time mechanics, facilities employees, electricians, machine operators, warehousepersons, production employees, sanitation, technicians, cooks, housekeeping, mixers, blowmold technicians, line workers, contherm operators, scalers, and research and development employees, but excluding all other employees, administrative/clerical employees, temp workers, managers, guards, and supervisors as defined in the Act.
CITY EMPLOYEES ASSOCIATES L.L.C.
Case Number: 21-RC-216909
Tally Issued Date: 15 June 2018
Tally Type: Initial
Ballot Type: Single Labor Organization
Date Filed: 20 March 2018
Status: Closed
No. of Eligible Voters: 5
Void Ballots: 0
Unit Location: LONG BEACH, CA
Region Assigned: Region 21, Los Angeles, California
Unit ID: A
Votes Against: 1
Total Ballots Counted: 5
Votes for Labor Union1: 4
Labor Union1: LONG BEACH STAFF ASSOCIATION
Union to Certify: LONG BEACH STAFF ASSOCIATION
Voting Unit (Unit A): Included: All full-time and regular part-time labor relations representatives employed by the Employer at or out of its facility currently located at 100 Oceangate, Suite 1200, Long Beach, California 90802.
Excluded: All other employees, operations specialists, operations managers, office clerical employees, confidential employees, individuals classified as independent contractors, managerial employees, guards, and supervisors as defined in the Act.