25 NMB No. 58

CASE NO. R-6567

CERTIFICATION

February 20, 1998

The services of the National Mediation Board were invoked by the International Association of Machinists & Aerospace Workers, AFL-CIO (IAM), on December 3, 1997, 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 "Simulator Technicians", employees of the Northwest Aerospace Training Corp.

At the time this application was received, these employees were represented by Aircraft Technical Support Association (ATSA).

The Board assigned Mediator Patricia Sims to investigate.

FINDINGS

The investigation disclosed that a dispute existed among the craft or class of Simulator Technicians, 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 Mediator Sims, who was assigned to count the ballots in this case.

Number of Employees Voting:

Number of

Employees

IAM ATSA Eligible

Simulator

Technicians 43 9 53

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.

CERTIFICATION

NOW, THEREFORE, in accordance with Section 2, Ninth, of the Railway Labor Act, as amended, and based upon its investigation pursuant thereto, the National Mediation Board certifies that the International Association of Machinists & Aerospace Workers, AFL- CIO, has been duly designated and authorized to represent for the purposes of the Railway Labor Act, as amended, the craft or class of Simulator Technicians, employees of the Northwest Aerospace Training Corp., its successors and assigns.

By direction of the NATIONAL MEDIATION BOARD.

Stephen E. Crable

Chief of Staff