DECISION AND ORDER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTOR AMENDING CERTIFICATIONS OF REPRESENTATIVE
This case is before the Board on a Petition to amend four Certifications of Representative (‘·Petition”) filed by Council 26 of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, Council 26 (“Counci I 26” or “Petitioner”). For the reasons that follow, we grant the Petition.
I. Introduction and Background
The Petitioner is a labor organization and is the duly-certified exclusive representative of the employees of the Office of the Architect of the Capitol (‘·AOC” or “Employing Office .. ) in the following units:
- All laborers. custodians and other non-skilled employees employed by the Architect of the Capitol in the House, enate, and Capitol Office Buildings, excluding Architect of the Capitol employees employed in the skilled trades shops, the Power Plant, the U.S. Capitol Grounds, Library of Congress, Supreme Court, Botanic Gardens, the Central Office, the Senate Restaurants, as well as management officials, supervisors and employees described in 5 U.S.C. § 7112(b) (2), (3), (4), (6), and (7);
- All full-time and regular part-time employees (defined as scheduled to work 20 or more hours per week) of the United States Botanic Garden, the Office of the Architect of the Capitol, except management officials, supervisors. interns, temporary employees who are appointed for a period of 90 days or less, and employees described in 5 U.S.C. § 7112(b)(2), (3), (4), (6), and (7);
- All non-skilled employees (including Laborers and Coal Loaders/Laborers) employed by the Capitol Power Plant of the Office of the Architect of the Capitol, except all other employees, including any part-time or temporary employees; all professional employees; management officials; supervisors; and employees described in 5 U.S.C. § 7 I I 2(b)(2), (3), (4) (6), and (7); and
- All wage grade (WG) and wage leader (WL) employees, materials handlers, and supply technicians employed by the Architect of the Capitol, Library Buildings and Grounds, except employees of the masonry branch and general schedule (G ) employees, except those included above, supervisors, management officials and employees described in 5 U.S.C. § 7 I I 2(b)(2), (3), (4), (5), (6) and (7), as applied by the Congressional Accountability Act.4
