The services of the National Mediation Board were invoked by the International
Brotherhood of Teamsters on December 29, 1998, to investigate and determine who
may represent for the purposes of the Railway Labor Act, as provided by Section 2,
Ninth, thereof, personnel described as "Mechanics and Related Employees,"
employees of Eastwind Airlines, Inc.
At the time this application was received, these employees were not represented by
any organization or individual.
The Board assigned Mediator Richard Frey to investigate.
FINDINGS
The investigation disclosed that a dispute existed among the craft or class of
Mechanics and Related Employees, and by direction of the Board, the Mediator was
instructed to conduct an election by secret ballot to determine the employees'
representation choice.
The following is the result of the election as reported by Board Representative
Benetta M. Mansfield who was assigned to count the ballots in this case.
The National Mediation Board further finds that the Carrier and employees in this
case are, respectively, a Carrier and employees within the meaning of the Railway
Labor Act, as amended; that this Board has jurisdiction over the dispute involved
herein; and that the interested parties, as well as the Carrier, were given due notice of
the Board's investigation.
On the basis of the investigation and report of election which establishes that less
than a majority of eligible employees cast valid ballots in the election, the National
Mediation Board finds no basis for certification and the application is, therefore,
dismissed subject to Part 1206.4 of the NMB Rules.
By direction of the NATIONAL MEDIATION BOARD.
Stephen E. Crable
Chief of Staff