4. Micronesian Telecommunications Corporation

(MTC) had its principal office on Saipan, a Pacific island held as a U.S. trust territory. Electrical Workers Local 1357 (IBEW) sought to represent the employees of MTC, including its employees on neighboring islands.

What jurisdictional issues should the NLRB have addressed before asserting jurisdiction of the case? What result? If the board asserted jurisdiction, what factors should it have considered with respect to whether employees on the neighboring islands belonged in the same bargaining unit with the workers on Saipan? See Micronesian Tel. Corp. [273 NLRB No. 56, 118 L.R.R.M. 1067 (1984)].