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Perfection Pet Foods, LLC
Case Number: 32-RC-106989
Tally Issued Date: 12 August 2013
Tally Type: Initial
Ballot Type: Single Labor Organization
Date Filed: 11 June 2013
Status: Closed
No. of Eligible Voters: 23
Void Ballots: 0
Unit Location: VISALIA, CA
Region Assigned: Region 32, Oakland, California
Unit ID: A
Votes Against: 22
Total Ballots Counted: 22
Labor Union1: GENERAL TEAMSTERS, WAREHOUSEMEN, CANNERY WORKERS AND HELPERS, TULARE AND KINGS COUNTIES, CALIFORNIA, LOCAL 948
Voting Unit (Unit A): All full-time and regular part-time employees employed by the Employer at its Visalia, California facility excluding all “temporary” (temp-to-hire) employees employed through a temporary agency, office clerical employees, guards, and supervisors as defined in the Act.
FACILITY CONCESSION SERVICES, INC. D/B/A SPECTRUM CATERING & CONCESSIONS
Case Number: 18-RC-107019
Tally Issued Date: 22 July 2013
Tally Type: Initial
Ballot Type: Single Labor Organization
Date Filed: 12 June 2013
Status: Closed
No. of Eligible Voters: 31
Void Ballots: 0
Unit Location: Minneapolis, MN
Region Assigned: Region 18, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Unit ID: A
Votes Against: 5
Total Ballots Counted: 27
Votes for Labor Union1: 22
Labor Union1: UNITE HERE LOCAL 17
Union to Certify: UNITE HERE LOCAL 17
Voting Unit (Unit A): All bartenders who are on the hiring list and eligible for employment at the State, Orpheum, and Pantages Theaters in Minneapolis, Minnesota; excluding accounting, sales, ticket sellers, clerical employees, managers, and guards and supervisors as defined by the Act.
AUTONEUM NORTH AMERICA, INC. D/B/A AUTONEUM
Case Number: 10-RC-107055
Tally Issued Date: 24 July 2013
Tally Type: Initial
Ballot Type: Single Labor Organization
Date Filed: 12 June 2013
Status: Closed
No. of Eligible Voters: 162
Void Ballots: 0
Unit Location: AIKEN, SC
Region Assigned: Region 10, Atlanta, Georgia
Unit ID: A
Votes Against: 90
Total Ballots Counted: 155
Votes for Labor Union1: 64
Labor Union1: Retail, Wholesale Department Store Union/UFCW Southeast Council
Voting Unit (Unit A): All full-time and regular part-time production and maintenance employees, warehouse employees, quality assurance employees, group leads, and team leads employed by the Employer at its Aiken, South Carolina, facilities, but excluding temporary employees, sales employees, office clerical employees, and guards, professional employees and supervisors as defined in the Act.
Michael Cetta, Inc. d/b/a Sparks Restaurant
Case Number: 02-RC-107053
Tally Issued Date: 11 July 2013
Tally Type: Initial
Ballot Type: Single Labor Organization
Date Filed: 12 June 2013
Status: Closed
No. of Eligible Voters: 47
Void Ballots: 0
Unit Location: NEW YORK, NY
Region Assigned: Region 02, New York, New York
Unit ID: A
Votes Against: 2
Total Ballots Counted: 36
Votes for Labor Union1: 34
Labor Union1: United Food and Commercial Workers Union, Local 342, AFL-CIO
Union to Certify: United Food and Commercial Workers Union, Local 342, AFL-CIO
Voting Unit (Unit A): INCLUDED: All full-time and regular part-time waiters and bartenders employed by the Employer at its fracility located at 210 East 46th Street, New York, NY.
EXCLUDED: All other employees including kitchen employees, porters, office clerical employees, managers, and guards, and professional employees and supervisors as defined by the Act.
1440 CW CORP.
Case Number: 02-RC-107058
Tally Issued Date: 24 July 2013
Tally Type: Initial
Ballot Type: Single Labor Organization
Date Filed: 12 June 2013
Status: Closed
No. of Eligible Voters: 21
Void Ballots: 0
Unit Location: BRONX, NY
Region Assigned: Region 02, New York, New York
Unit ID: A
Votes Against: 0
Total Ballots Counted: 15
Votes for Labor Union1: 15
Labor Union1: Retail Wholesale and Department Store Union (RWDSU)
Union to Certify: Retail Wholesale and Department Store Union (RWDSU)
Voting Unit (Unit A): Included: All full-time and regular part-time car wash employees employed by the Employer at its car wash located at 1440 Westchester avenue, Bronx, NY 10472.
Excluded: All other employees, including oil changers, managers, assistant managers, cashiers, office clerical employees, professional employees, security employees and guards and supervisors as defined by the Act.
CFG HEALTH SYSTEMS, LLC
Case Number: 22-RD-127610
Tally Issued Date: 04 June 2014
Tally Type: Initial
Ballot Type: Single Labor Organization
Date Filed: 28 April 2014
Status: Closed
No. of Eligible Voters: 8
Void Ballots: 1
Unit Location: NEWARK, NJ
Region Assigned: Region 22, Newark, New Jersey
Unit ID: A
Votes Against: 3
Total Ballots Counted: 3
Labor Union1: DISTRICT 1199J, NATIONAL UNION OF HOSPITAL AND HEALTH CARE EMPLOYEES, AMERICAN FEDERATION OF STATE COUNTY AND MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES, AFL-CIO
Voting Unit (Unit A): All full-time, regular part-time* and per diem* advanced practice nurses employed by the Employer at its 354 Doremus Avenue, Newark, New Jersey facility, but excluding all nonprofessional employees including licensed practical nurses, nursing assistants, pharmacy technicians, mental health specialists, substance abuse counselors, dental assistants, phlebotomists, unit clerks, medical assistants, medical records clerks, all office-clerical employees, registered nurses, confidential employees, including administrative assistants, guards and supervisors as defined in the Act, and all other employees.
*Pursuant to the collective bargaining agreement between the Employer and Union, regular part-time and per diem employees are those who customarily and are regularly scheduled to work less than 32 hours per week but more than 20 hours per week.
City Center Hotel and Casino, LLC d/b/a Aria Resort and Casino
Case Number: 28-RC-107123
Tally Issued Date: 28 June 2013
Tally Type: Initial
Ballot Type: Single Labor Organization
Date Filed: 13 June 2013
Status: Closed
No. of Eligible Voters: 113
Void Ballots: 1
Unit Location: Las Vegas, NV
Region Assigned: Region 28, Phoenix, Arizona
Unit ID: A
Votes Against: 30
Total Ballots Counted: 99
Votes for Labor Union1: 69
Labor Union1: International Union of Operating Engineers Local 501, AFL-CIO
Union to Certify: International Union of Operating Engineers Local 501, AFL-CIO
Voting Unit (Unit A): All full time and regular part-time tech facilities and tech tram employed by the Employer at its Las Vegas, Nevada facility.
SATELLITE SERVICES, INC.
Case Number: 21-RC-107128
Tally Issued Date: 25 July 2013
Tally Type: Initial
Ballot Type: Single Labor Organization
Date Filed: 13 June 2013
Status: Closed
No. of Eligible Voters: 54
Void Ballots: 0
Unit Location: MORENO VALLEY, CA
Region Assigned: Region 21, Los Angeles, California
Unit ID: A
Votes Against: 18
Total Ballots Counted: 46
Votes for Labor Union1: 28
Labor Union1: International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, District Lodge 725
Union to Certify: International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, District Lodge 725
Voting Unit (Unit A): NCLUDED: All regular full-time, regular part-time airfield operations, bus drivers,
dispatchers, electricians, engineering techs III, forklift operators, fuel
distribution mechanics, general maintenance, heavy equipment
mechanics, heavy equipment operators, HVAC, locksmiths, parts
and tools clerks, plumbers, power pro tech, production control
clerks, shippers/packers, truck drivers and warehouse specialists
employed by the Employer at facilities located at 708 Meyer Drive,
March Air Force Base, California;
EXCLUDED: All other employees, office clerk employees, professional
employees, managerial employees, guards and supervisors as
defined in the Act.
COMMUNITY MEDICAL CENTER, INC.
Case Number: 19-RC-107157
Tally Issued Date: 26 July 2013
Tally Type: Initial
Ballot Type: Single Labor Organization
Date Filed: 13 June 2013
Status: Closed
No. of Eligible Voters: 11
Void Ballots: 0
Unit Location: MISSOULA, MT
Region Assigned: Region 19, Seattle, Washington
Unit ID: A
Votes Against: 2
Total Ballots Counted: 11
Votes for Labor Union1: 9
Labor Union1: International Union of Operating Engineers, Local 400, AFL-CIO
Union to Certify: International Union of Operating Engineers, Local 400, AFL-CIO
Voting Unit (Unit A): All full-time and regular part-time Facility Engineers, Facility Engineer-Leads, HVAC Mechanics, Electricians, Construction Coordinators, and Construction Scheduler/Planners employed by the Employer at its 2827 Fort Missoula Road, Missoula, Montana location; excluding Utility Workers, Grounds Keeper II's, Grounds Specialists, office clerical employees, business office clerical employees, RN's, professional employees, LPN's, technical employees, other non-professional employees, managerial employees, confidential employees, all other employees and guards and supervisors as defined in the National Labor Relations Act.
Ada S. McKinley Community Services, Inc.
Case Number: 13-RD-107258
Tally Issued Date: 02 August 2013
Tally Type: Initial
Ballot Type: Single Labor Organization
Date Filed: 14 June 2013
Status: Closed
No. of Eligible Voters: 52
Void Ballots: 6
Unit Location: Chicago, IL
Region Assigned: Region 13, Chicago, Illinois
Unit ID: A
Votes Against: 14
Total Ballots Counted: 37
Votes for Labor Union1: 23
Labor Union1: SEIU Healthcare IL/IN
Union to Certify: SEIU Healthcare IL/IN
Voting Unit (Unit A): Included: All full-time and regular part-time Head Start and Child Care employee classifications, including: teacher, teacher assistant, teacher aide, teacher floater, cook, food aide, social service worker, social service aide, clerk/typist, secretary, health service aid, support service aid, and maintenance /custodian employed by the Employer at its facilities currently located in at 7222 South Exchange Avenue (Ersula Howard Center), 4301 South Wabash Avenue (Maggie Drummond Center), 11410 South Edbrooke Avenue (Roseland Center), 10534 South Oglesby Avenue (Trumbull Park Center) and 7939 South Western Avenue (Wright Renaissance Center) in Chicago, Illinois.
Excluded: Directors, site directors, managers, confidential employees, office clerical employees and guards, and professional employees and supervisors as defined in the Act.
Loretto Hospital
Case Number: 13-RC-109360
Tally Issued Date: 28 August 2013
Tally Type: Initial
Ballot Type: Single Labor Organization
Date Filed: 17 July 2013
Status: Closed
No. of Eligible Voters: 36
Void Ballots: 1
Unit Location: Chicago, IL
Region Assigned: Region 13, Chicago, Illinois
Unit ID: B
Votes Against: 23
Total Ballots Counted: 36
Votes for Labor Union1: 13
Labor Union1: Service Employees International Union, Healthcare Illinois, Indiana, Missouri, and Kansas
Voting Unit (Unit A): Included: All full-time and regular part-time Mental Health Specialists, Mileau Counselors, Intake Coordinators, Echo Techs, EKG Techs, Patient Care Techs, Greeters, Pharmacy Techs I & II, Admitting Clerks, Central Supply Techs, Monitor Techs, Crisis Workers, and Patient Transport employees employed by the Employer at its facility currently located at 645 South Central Avenue, Chicago, Illinois.
Excluded: Lead Medical Techs, Lead Therapists, PBX Operators, Registration Clerks, Ambulatory Admitting Clerks, Medical Record Techs, Medical Records Clerks/Receptionists, Coders/Abstractors, Coding Specialists, TMRT-RDIs, Chart Audit Specialists, Transcription Coordinators, Incoming Charge Retrieval Clerks, Family Therapy Coordinators, OR Schedulers, Breast Health Coordinators, DUI Coordinators, Case Managers, Licensed Clinical Social Workers (LCSW), Expressive Therapists, Occupational Therapists, Physical Therapists, Clinical Therapists (OPMS), Dieticians, Performance Improvement Coordinators, Registered Nurses (RN), Physical Therapy Techs, CT Techs, CT Coordinators, Nuclear Medicine Techs, Nuclear Medicine Coordinators, Technical employees, all other employees, office clerical employees and guards, professional employees and supervisors as defined in the Act.
Loretto Hospital
Case Number: 13-RC-109360
Tally Issued Date: 28 August 2013
Tally Type: Initial
Ballot Type: Single Labor Organization
Date Filed: 17 July 2013
Status: Closed
No. of Eligible Voters: 86
Void Ballots: 0
Unit Location: Chicago, IL
Region Assigned: Region 13, Chicago, Illinois
Unit ID: B
Votes Against: 11
Total Ballots Counted: 57
Votes for Labor Union1: 46
Labor Union1: Service Employees International Union, Healthcare Illinois, Indiana, Missouri, and Kansas
Union to Certify: Service Employees International Union, Healthcare Illinois, Indiana, Missouri, and Kansas
Voting Unit (Unit A): Included: All full-time and regular part-time Mental Health Specialists, Mileau Counselors, Intake Coordinators, Echo Techs, EKG Techs, Patient Care Techs, Greeters, Pharmacy Techs I & II, Admitting Clerks, Central Supply Techs, Monitor Techs, Crisis Workers, and Patient Transport employees employed by the Employer at its facility currently located at 645 South Central Avenue, Chicago, Illinois.
Excluded: Lead Medical Techs, Lead Therapists, PBX Operators, Registration Clerks, Ambulatory Admitting Clerks, Medical Record Techs, Medical Records Clerks/Receptionists, Coders/Abstractors, Coding Specialists, TMRT-RDIs, Chart Audit Specialists, Transcription Coordinators, Incoming Charge Retrieval Clerks, Family Therapy Coordinators, OR Schedulers, Breast Health Coordinators, DUI Coordinators, Case Managers, Licensed Clinical Social Workers (LCSW), Expressive Therapists, Occupational Therapists, Physical Therapists, Clinical Therapists (OPMS), Dieticians, Performance Improvement Coordinators, Registered Nurses (RN), Physical Therapy Techs, CT Techs, CT Coordinators, Nuclear Medicine Techs, Nuclear Medicine Coordinators, Technical employees, all other employees, office clerical employees and guards, professional employees and supervisors as defined in the Act.
Providence Health System Southern California, d/b/a Providence Holy Cross Medical Center
Case Number: 31-RC-109341
Tally Issued Date: 23 August 2013
Tally Type: Initial
Ballot Type: Single Labor Organization
Date Filed: 16 July 2013
Status: Closed
No. of Eligible Voters: 803
Void Ballots: 0
Unit Location: Mission Hills, CA
Region Assigned: Region 31, Los Angeles, California
Unit ID: A
Votes Against: 383
Total Ballots Counted: 632
Votes for Labor Union1: 249
Labor Union1: Service Employee International Union UNITED HEALTHCARE WORKERS
Voting Unit (Unit A): INCLUDED: All full time, regular part-time and per diem service, maintenance, and technical employees employed by the Employer at its facilities located at 15031 Rinaldi Street, Mission Hills, CA; and 11600 Indian Hills Road, Building A, Mission Hills, CA.
EXCLUDED: All other employees, clerical employees, registry employees, travelers, sub-contracted employees, managerial employees, confidential employees, guard and supervisors as defined in the Act, as amended.
MPW INDUSTRIAL SERVICES, INC.
Case Number: 09-RC-109365
Tally Issued Date: 21 August 2013
Tally Type: Initial
Ballot Type: Single Labor Organization
Date Filed: 17 July 2013
Status: Closed
No. of Eligible Voters: 4
Void Ballots: 0
Unit Location: MIDDLETOWN, OH
Region Assigned: Region 09, Cincinnati, Ohio
Unit ID: A
Votes Against: 3
Total Ballots Counted: 4
Votes for Labor Union1: 1
Labor Union1: Big Dumpster
Voting Unit (Unit A): All locomotive operators working at the Middlketown, Ohio Suncoke Plant, but excluding all vacuum and blasting employees, office clerical employees, professional employees, guards and supervisors as defined in the Act.
Eagle Picher Technologies, LLC
Case Number: 14-RD-109376
Tally Issued Date: 09 August 2013
Tally Type: Initial
Ballot Type: Single Labor Organization
Date Filed: 18 July 2013
Status: Closed
No. of Eligible Voters: 186
Void Ballots: 0
Unit Location: Joplin, MO
Region Assigned: Region 14, Saint Louis, Missouri
Unit ID: A
Votes Against: 70
Total Ballots Counted: 179
Votes for Labor Union1: 109
Labor Union1: United Steel, Paper and Forestry, Rubber, Manufacturing, Energy, Allied Industrial and Service Workers International Union, AFL-CIO,CLC
Union to Certify: United Steel, Paper and Forestry, Rubber, Manufacturing, Energy, Allied Industrial and Service Workers International Union, AFL-CIO,CLC
Voting Unit (Unit A): All production and maintenance employees, production technicians and environmental laboratory technicians of Eagle Picher Technologies, LLC’s Couples Department plant at C and Porter Streets in Joplin, Missouri 64801; but EXCLUDING office clerical employees, drafters and junior drafters, engineers and junior engineers, chemical and engineering research and development laboratory technicians, chemical and engineering research and development junior technicians, professional employees, guards, supervisors as defined in the NLRA, and all other employees.
MPW Industrial Services, Inc.
Case Number: 25-RC-109417
Tally Issued Date: 27 August 2013
Tally Type: Initial
Ballot Type: Single Labor Organization
Date Filed: 18 July 2013
Status: Closed
No. of Eligible Voters: 16
Void Ballots: 0
Unit Location: Normal, IL
Region Assigned: Region 25, Indianapolis, Indiana
Unit ID: A
Votes Against: 0
Total Ballots Counted: 0
Votes for Labor Union1: 14
Labor Union1: Amalgamated Local Union 2488, International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace and Agricultural Implement Workers of America
Union to Certify: Amalgamated Local Union 2488, International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace and Agricultural Implement Workers of America
Voting Unit (Unit A): All full-time and regular part-time paint shop employees, process control employees, consumable crib operators, and barrel storage operators employed by the Employer at its Normal, Illinois facility, EXCLUDING all professionals employees, office clerical employees, managers, guards, and supervisors as defined in the Act.
TLC HEALTH NETWORK D/B/A LAKE SHORE HEALTH CARE CENTER
Case Number: 03-RC-109380
Tally Issued Date: 29 August 2013
Tally Type: Initial
Ballot Type: Single Labor Organization
Date Filed: 18 July 2013
Status: Closed
No. of Eligible Voters: 32
Void Ballots: 0
Unit Location: Irving, NY
Region Assigned: Region 03, Buffalo, New York
Unit ID: A
Votes Against: 15
Total Ballots Counted: 28
Votes for Labor Union1: 13
Labor Union1: 1199 SEIU United Healthcare Workers East
Voting Unit (Unit A): INCLUDED: All full-time and regular part-time Licensed Technical Employees employed by the Employer at its Lake Shore Hospital located at 845 Routes 5 & 20, Irving, New York, which includes Respiratory Therapists; Biomedical Technician; Certified Pharmacy Techs; LPNs; CT Technologists; Mammography Techs; OR Techs; Radiology Techs; Registered Echo Technologists; Registered Diet Techs; and Ultrasound Techs.
EXCLUDED: All confidential employees, Business Office Clericals, Registered Nurses, Physicians, Non-Professional Employees, Service and Maintenance Employees, Professional Employees, Skilled Maintenance Employees, Guards, Charge LPNs and Supervisors as defined in the National Labor Relations Act and all other employees and any employees who are assigned to work exclusively in the rehabilitation and skilled nursing facility units of Long Term Care and Intensive Residential Rehabilitation Services (IRRS), or at the TLC Health Network clinics, physician offices or other medical services/facilities other than those located at Lake Shore Hospital located at 845 Routes 5 & 20 Irving, New York, 14081-9706.
TLC Health Network d/b/a Lake Shore Health Care Center
Case Number: 03-RC-109392
Tally Issued Date: 29 August 2013
Tally Type: Initial
Ballot Type: Single Labor Organization
Date Filed: 18 July 2013
Status: Closed
No. of Eligible Voters: 106
Void Ballots: 0
Unit Location: Irving, NY
Region Assigned: Region 03, Buffalo, New York
Unit ID: A
Votes Against: 33
Total Ballots Counted: 85
Votes for Labor Union1: 52
Labor Union1: 1199 SEIU United Healthcare Workers East
Union to Certify: 1199 SEIU United Healthcare Workers East
Voting Unit (Unit A): INCLUDED: All full-time and regular part-time service and maintenance employees employed by the Employer at its Lake Shore Hospital located at 845 Routes 5 & 20, Irving, New York, 14081-9706, which includes clerical employees listed herein, Behavioral Health Technicians; Cooks; Dietary Aides; EVS Attendants; ASU Nurse Aides; Endoscopy Nurse Aides Groundskeepers; Laundry Attendants; Maintenance Helpers; Secretary (Operating Room); Painters; Patient Care Techs; Patient Registration/ER Clerks; Phlebotomists; Phlebotomist Clerks; Receptionist (Medical Imaging); RMW Service Workers; Service Workers; Sr. Linen Attendants; Pharmacy Technicians; SPD Technicians; Unit Clerk; Cardiac Rehab Technicians; and Cardiac Services Techs.
EXCLUDED: All confidential employees, Business Office Clericals, Registered Nurses, Physicians, Professional Employees, Technical Employees, Skilled Maintenance Employees, Guards, Charge LPNs, and Supervisors as defined in the National Labor Relations Act and all other employees and any employees who are assigned to work exclusively in the rehabilitation and skilled nursing facility units of Long Term Care and Intensive Residential Rehabilitation Services (IRRS), or at the TLC Health Network clinics, physician offices or other medical services/facilities other than those located at Lake Shore Hospital located at 845 Routes 5 & 20 Irving, New York, 14081-9706.
TLC Health Network d/b/a Lake Shore Health Care Center
Case Number: 03-RC-109396
Tally Issued Date: 29 August 2013
Tally Type: Initial
Ballot Type: Single Labor Organization
Date Filed: 18 July 2013
Status: Closed
No. of Eligible Voters: 32
Void Ballots: 0
Unit Location: Irving, NY
Region Assigned: Region 03, Buffalo, New York
Unit ID: A
Votes Against: 9
Total Ballots Counted: 26
Votes for Labor Union1: 17
Labor Union1: 1199 SEIU United Healthcare Workers East
Union to Certify: 1199 SEIU United Healthcare Workers East
Voting Unit (Unit A): INCLUDED: All full-time and regular part-time Professional employees employed by the Employer at its Lake Shore Hospital located at 845 Routes 5 & 20, Irving, New York, which includes Medical Technologists; Nuclear Medical Techs; Pharmacists; Physical Therapists; Senior Nuclear Medical Techs; Social Workers (Behavioral Health Unit); and Counselors (Behavioral Health Unit).
EXCLUDED: All confidential employees, Business Office Clericals, Registered Nurses, Physicians, Non-Professional Employees, Service and Maintenance Employees, Technical Employees, Skilled Maintenance Employees, Guards, Charge LPNs and Supervisors as defined in the National Labor Relations Act and all other employees and any employees who are assigned to work exclusively in the rehabilitation and skilled nursing facility units of Long Term Care and Intensive Residential Rehabilitation Services (IRRS) or at the TLC Health Network clinics, physician offices or other medical services/facilities other than those located at Lake Shore Hospital located at 845 Routes 5 & 20 Irving, New York, 14081-9706.
FESTIVAL FUN PARKS, LLC D/B/A DUTCH WONDERLAND
Case Number: 04-RC-109422
Tally Issued Date: 29 August 2013
Tally Type: Initial
Ballot Type: Single Labor Organization
Date Filed: 18 July 2013
Status: Closed
No. of Eligible Voters: 10
Void Ballots: 0
Unit Location: LANCASTER, PA
Region Assigned: Region 04, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Unit ID: A
Votes Against: 5
Total Ballots Counted: 10
Votes for Labor Union1: 5
Labor Union1: BAKERY, CONFECTIONERY, TOBACCO AND GRAIN MILLERS - LOCAL 464 AFL-CIO
Voting Unit (Unit A): INCLUDED: All full-time hourly maintenance employees in the classifications of mechanic, painter, carpenter and groundskeeper employed by the Employer at its 2249 Lincoln Highway East, Lancaester, PA facility.
EXCLUDED: All other employees, including seasonal employees, guards and supervisors as defined in the Act.