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144 Division of 1199, 2 OCB2d 20 (BOC 2009) (Rep) (Docket No. AC-50-09). Summary of Decision: HHC filed a petition to amend Certification No. CWR 23/67 to add the titles Clinical Laboratory Technician and Clinical Laboratory Technologist. The Board amended the certification. (Official decision follows.) _________________________________________________________________ OFFICE OF COLLECTIVE BARGAINING BOARD OF CERTIFICATION In the Matter of the Certification Proceeding -between-NEW YORK CITY HEALTH AND HOSPITALS CORPORATION, Petitioner, -and-144 DIVISION OF 1199 NATIONAL HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES UNION/SEIU, Respondent. __________________________________________________________________ ORDER AMENDING CERTIFICATION On May 7, 2009, the New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation (“HHC”) filed a petition pursuant to § 1-02(u) of the Rules of the Office of Collective Bargaining (Rules of the City of New York, Title 61, Chapter 1) requesting that the titles Clinical Laboratory Technician, Levels I and II (Title Code Nos. 971110 and 971120), and Clinical Laboratory Technologist, Levels I, II, III, IV, and V (Title Code Nos. 971210, 971220, 971230, 971240, and 971250), be accreted to Certification No. CWR 23/67, a bargaining unit represented by 144 Division of 1199 National Health and Human Services Employees Union/SEIU (“Union”). Certification No. CWR 23/67 includes titles such as Laboratory Associate, Laboratory Microbiologist, and Associate Laboratory
2 OCB2d 20 (BOC 2009) 2 Microbiologist. 1 Notice of this petition was given to the Union and the public, and no objections were filed. The Board of Certification is satisfied that no evidence was presented to rebut HHCs assertion that Clinical Laboratory Technicians and Clinical Laboratory Technologists have a sufficient community of interest with the members of the certified bargaining unit. NOW, THEREFORE, pursuant to the powers vested in the Board of Certification by the New York City Collective Bargaining Law (New York City Administrative Code, Title 12, Chapter 3), it is hereby ORDERED that Certification No. CWR 23/67 (as previously amended) be, and the same hereby is, further amended to add the titles Clinical Laboratory Technician, Levels I and II (Title Code Nos. 971110 and 971120), and Clinical Laboratory Technologist, Levels I, II, III, IV, and V (Title Code Nos. 971210, 971220, 971230, 971240, and 971250), subject to existing contracts, if any. Dated: June 29, 2009 New York, New York MARLENE A. GOLD CHAIR GEORGE NICOLAU MEMBER CAROL A. WITTENBERG MEMBER 1 We note that HHC is reclassifying some employees in the Laboratory Associate, Laboratory Microbiologist, and Associate Laboratory Microbiologist titles into the newly created Clinical Laboratory Technician and Clinical Laboratory Technologist titles.
NOTICE OF AMENDED CERTIFICATION This notice is to acknowledge that the Board of Certification has issued an Order Amending Certification as follows: DATE: June 29, 2009 DOCKET #: AC-50-09 DECISION: 2 OCB2d 20 (BOC 2009) EMPLOYER: New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation 125 Worth Street New York, NY 10013 CERTIFIED/RECOGNIZED BARGAINING REPRESENTATIVE: 144 Division of 1199 National Health and Human Services Employees Union/SEIU 310 West 43 rd Street New York, NY 10036 AMENDMENT: Certification No. CWR 23/67 has been amended to add the following titles/codes: Added: Clinical Laboratory Technician, Levels I and II (Title Code Nos. 971110 and 971120) Clinical Laboratory Technologist, Levels I, II, III, IV, and V (Title Code Nos. 971210, 971220, 971230, 971240, and 971250)
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