Buckhorn, Inc. and International Union of Industrial and Independent Workers

343 NLRB 201 (Sept. 30,2004)

1. What are the factors that the NLRB considers in determining whether maintenance department employees should be in a bargaining unit separate from production employees? Why would the union seek a unit covering only the maintenance department employees? Why would the employer want a bargaining unit covering both maintenance and production employees?

2. Do the maintenance workers interact with the production employees? Are the maintenance employees subject to separate supervision and separate working conditions? Explain

3. Did the NLRB decide that a separate unit or an integrated unit is the appropriate bargaining unit in this case? Which factors did the NLRB here consider decisive in making its decision?