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The Center for the Performing Arts, Inc. d/b/a Allied Solutions Center
Case Number: 25-RM-374499
Tally Issued Date: 11 December 2025
Tally Type: Initial
Ballot Type: Single Labor Organization
Date Filed: 14 November 2025
Status: Closed
No. of Eligible Voters: 11
Void Ballots: 0
Unit Location: Carmel, IN
Region Assigned: Region 25, Indianapolis, Indiana
Unit ID: A
Votes Against: 1
Total Ballots Counted: 11
Votes for Labor Union1: 10
Labor Union1: International Alliance of TheatricaINl Stage Employees, Motion Picture Operators, Artists and Allied Crafts of the United States and Canada, AFL-CIO and International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees, Motion Picture Operators, Artists and Allied Crafts of the United States and Canada, AFL-CIO, Local Union No. 30
Union to Certify: International Alliance of TheatricaINl Stage Employees, Motion Picture Operators, Artists and Allied Crafts of the United States and Canada, AFL-CIO and International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees, Motion Picture Operators, Artists and Allied Crafts of the United States and Canada, AFL-CIO, Local Union No. 30
Voting Unit (Unit A): Included: All full-time and regular part-time stage production employees employed by the Employer at its Carmel, Indiana facility performing stage carpentry, stage electrical, props, audio-visual, lighting, pyrotechnic, rigging, and backstage production setup work, including employees in the following classifications: audio engineer, lead audio engineer, production technician, lead production technician, production manager, lighting director, stagehand, and technical director.
Excluded: All office clerical employees, temporary employees, guards, professional employees, supervisors as defined in the Act, and all other employees.
Luminant Generation Company LLC
Case Number: 16-RC-374570
Tally Issued Date: 11 December 2025
Tally Type: Initial
Ballot Type: Single Labor Organization
Date Filed: 14 November 2025
Status: Closed
No. of Eligible Voters: 12
Void Ballots: 0
Unit Location: Tatum, TX
Region Assigned: Region 16, Fort Worth, Texas
Unit ID: A
Votes Against: 10
Total Ballots Counted: 12
Votes for Labor Union1: 2
Labor Union1: INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF ELECTRICAL WORKERS, LOCAL 2337
Voting Unit (Unit A): Included: All full-time and regular part-time: I&C Specialists, I&C Tech Sr., Lead I&C Tech, I&C Tech II, and all other Instrumentation and Control employees employed by Luminant Generation Company LLC, employed at 8850 FM 2658 N, Tatum, Texas 75691.
Excluded: All other employees, including office, clerical employees, professional employees, guards and supervisors as defined by the Act.
If a majority of valid ballots are cast for International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Local 2337, they will be taken to have indicated the employees’ desire to be included in the existing collective-bargaining unit of plant operators, equipment specialists, equipment specialist apprentices, storekeepers, and material specialists, but excluding all other employees, including office, clerical employees, professional employees, guards and supervisors as defined in the Act. If a majority of valid ballots are not cast for representation, they will be taken to have indicated the employees’ desire to remain unrepresented.
Park Nicollet Methodist Hospital
Case Number: 18-RC-374781
Tally Issued Date: 11 December 2025
Tally Type: Initial
Ballot Type: Single Labor Organization
Date Filed: 14 November 2025
Status: Closed
No. of Eligible Voters: 11
Void Ballots: 0
Unit Location: Saint Louis Park, MN
Region Assigned: Region 18, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Unit ID: A
Votes Against: 1
Total Ballots Counted: 10
Votes for Labor Union1: 9
Labor Union1: Minnesota Nurses Association
Union to Certify: Minnesota Nurses Association
Voting Unit (Unit A): Included: All full-time and regular part-time Registered Nurses employed by the Employer in the 3rd floor Non-Invasive Cardiology Clinic at Park Nicollet Methodist Hospital, 6500 Excelsior Blvd, St. Louis Park, MN 55426. For purposes of this unit description, regular part-time includes all employees who have worked an average of four (4) hours or more per week during the 13 weeks leading to the payroll cutoff date.
Also eligible to vote are all employees in the unit who have worked an average of four (4) hours or more per week during the 13 weeks immediately preceding the eligibility date for the election.
Excluded: All confidential employees, managerial employees, and guards and supervisors as defined by the National Labor Relations Act, and all other employees.
If a majority of valid ballots are cast for Minnesota Nurses Association, they will be taken to have indicated the employees’ desire to be included in the existing RN unit currently represented by Minnesota Nurses Association. If a majority of valid ballots are not cast for representation, they will be taken to have indicated the employees’ desire to remain unrepresented.
Family Tree, Inc.
Case Number: 18-RC-375547
Tally Issued Date: 11 December 2025
Tally Type: Initial
Ballot Type: Single Labor Organization
Date Filed: 24 November 2025
Status: Closed
No. of Eligible Voters: 44
Void Ballots: 0
Unit Location: Minneapolis, MN
Region Assigned: Region 18, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Unit ID: C
Votes Against: 9
Total Ballots Counted: 37
Votes for Labor Union1: 28
Labor Union1: American Federation of State County and Municipal Employees, MN Council 5
Union to Certify: American Federation of State County and Municipal Employees, MN Council 5
Voting Unit (Unit A): VOTING GROUP – UNIT A (PROFESSIONAL UNIT)
Included: All full-time and regular part-time professional employees, including Registered Nurses, Providers, and Care Coordinators employed by the Employer at its Minneapolis, Minnesota facility.
Excluded: All nonprofessional employees, confidential employees, managerial employees, and guards, and supervisors as defined by the Act.
Starbucks Corporation
Case Number: 18-RC-372357
Tally Issued Date: 11 December 2025
Tally Type: Initial
Ballot Type: Single Labor Organization
Date Filed: 28 August 2025
Status: Closed
No. of Eligible Voters: 23
Void Ballots: 0
Unit Location: Wayzata, MN
Region Assigned: Region 18, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Unit ID: A
Votes Against: 5
Total Ballots Counted: 16
Votes for Labor Union1: 11
Labor Union1: Chicago and Midwest Regional Joint Board, Workers United/SEIU
Union to Certify: Chicago and Midwest Regional Joint Board, Workers United/SEIU
Voting Unit (Unit A): Included: All full-time and regular part-time Baristas and Shift Supervisors employed by the Employer at its facility currently located at 1330 Wayzata Boulevard, Wayzata, Minnesota.
Excluded: All store managers, assistant store managers, office clericals, professional employees, and guards and supervisors as defined by the Act.
Shoptikal LLC d/b/a Shopko Optical
Case Number: 18-RC-374066
Tally Issued Date: 11 December 2025
Tally Type: Initial
Ballot Type: Single Labor Organization
Date Filed: 25 September 2025
Status: Closed
No. of Eligible Voters: 2
Void Ballots: 0
Unit Location: Fitchburg, WI
Region Assigned: Region 18, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Unit ID: A
Votes Against: 1
Total Ballots Counted: 2
Votes for Labor Union1: 1
Labor Union1: United Food and Commercial Workers, Local 1473
Voting Unit (Unit A): Included: All full-time and regular part-time opticians employed by the Employer at its facility currently located at 2960 Cahill Main, Fitchburg, Wisconsin.
Excluded: All other employees, office clerical employees, professional employees, and guards and supervisors as defined in the National Labor Relations Act, as amended.
Shoptikal LLC d/b/a Shopko Optical
Case Number: 18-RC-374072
Tally Issued Date: 11 December 2025
Tally Type: Initial
Ballot Type: Single Labor Organization
Date Filed: 25 September 2025
Status: Closed
No. of Eligible Voters: 3
Void Ballots: 0
Unit Location: Madison, WI
Region Assigned: Region 18, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Unit ID: A
Votes Against: 3
Total Ballots Counted: 3
Labor Union1: United Food and Commercial Workers, Local 1473
Voting Unit (Unit A): Included: All full-time and regular part-time opticians employed by the Employer at its facility currently located at 3868 East Washington Avenue, Madison, Wisconsin.
Excluded: All other employees, office clerical employees, professional employees, and guards and supervisors as defined in the National Labor Relations Act, as amended.
Shoptikal LLC d/b/a Shopko Optical
Case Number: 18-RC-374086
Tally Issued Date: 11 December 2025
Tally Type: Initial
Ballot Type: Single Labor Organization
Date Filed: 25 September 2025
Status: Closed
No. of Eligible Voters: 2
Void Ballots: 0
Unit Location: Verona, WI
Region Assigned: Region 18, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Unit ID: A
Votes Against: 1
Total Ballots Counted: 2
Votes for Labor Union1: 1
Labor Union1: United Food and Commercial Workers, Local 1473
Voting Unit (Unit A): Included: All full-time and regular part-time opticians employed by the Employer at its facility currently located at 631 Hometown Circle, Verona, Wisconsin.
Excluded: All other employees, office clerical employees, professional employees, and guards and supervisors as defined in the National Labor Relations Act, as amended.
Vistra Nuclear Operations Company
Case Number: 08-RC-361044
Tally Issued Date: 11 December 2025
Tally Type: Initial
Ballot Type: Single Labor Organization
Date Filed: 26 February 2025
Status: Closed
No. of Eligible Voters: 27
Void Ballots: 0
Unit Location: Perry, OH
Region Assigned: Region 08, Cleveland, Ohio
Unit ID: A
Votes Against: 12
Total Ballots Counted: 17
Votes for Labor Union1: 5
Labor Union1: Utility Workers Union of America, AFL-CIO, Local 270
Voting Unit (Unit A): Included: All full-time and regular part-time employees in the Supervisor Nuclear Unit and M&R Tech Lead Nuclear job classifications (also known as ROs) employed by the Employer at its facility located at 10 Center Road, Perry, Ohio 44081.
Excluded: All confidential employees, professional employees, office clerical employees, managers and guards and supervisors as defined by the Act.
Others permitted to vote: At this time, no decision has been made regarding whether individuals in the classifications of Consulting Nuclear Instructor and Initial License Training Supervisor are included in the unit as dual function employees, or excluded from the bargaining unit, and those individuals may vote in the election, but their ballots shall be challenged since their eligibility has not been resolved. The eligibility or inclusion of these individuals will be resolved, if necessary, following the election.
The Adler Planetarium
Case Number: 13-RC-374476
Tally Issued Date: 11 December 2025
Tally Type: Initial
Ballot Type: Single Labor Organization
Date Filed: 13 November 2025
Status: Closed
No. of Eligible Voters: 50
Void Ballots: 0
Unit Location: Chicago, IL
Region Assigned: Region 13, Chicago, Illinois
Unit ID: B
Votes Against: 5
Total Ballots Counted: 42
Votes for Labor Union1: 37
Labor Union1: Adler Planetarium Workers United, AFSCME Council 31
Voting Unit (Unit A): VOTING GROUP A - PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYEES
Included: All full-time and regular part-time Managers of Creative Content and Production, Far Horizons Data Science Postdoctoral Fellows, and Science Visualization Specialists employed by the Employer at its facility currently located at 1300 S. DuSable Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, IL.
Excluded: All non-professional employees, confidential employees, managerial employees, guards and supervisors as defined by the Act.
VOTING GROUP B - NON-PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYEES
Included: All full-time and regular part-time Guest Services Representatives, Event Operations Associates, Theater Presenters, Public Observing Educators, Web Developers, Collection Specialists, Operations Support Representatives, Development Database Specialists, Digital Experience Technicians, Technical Support Specialists, Event Planning Partners, Exhibit Operations Specialists I, Designers, Planetarium Theater Specialists, Content Marketing Specialists, Production & Design Specialists, Digital Marketing Specialists, Development Communications Specialists, Education Specialist, Far Horizons Program Specialist, Manager of Science Content & Communication, and Group Sales Coordinators employed by the Employer at its facility currently located at 1300 S. DuSable Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, IL.
Excluded: All professional employees, confidential employees, managerial employees, guards and supervisors as defined by the Act.
If a majority of the professional employees voting in Unit A vote “Yes” to the first question on the ballot, indicating their desire to be included in a unit with non-professional employees, they will be so included, and their votes on the second question will be counted together with the votes of the non-professional employees in Group B to decide the question concerning representation for the overall unit (Unit C) consisting of the employees in Groups A and B and thereby the following employees will constitute a unit appropriate for the purposes of collective bargaining within the meaning of 9(b) of the Act.
Unit C
Included: All full-time and regular part-time Managers of Creative Content and Production, Far Horizons Data Science Postdoctoral Fellows, Science Visualization Specialists, Guest Services Representatives, Event Operations Associates, Theater Presenters, Public Observing Educators, Web Developers, Collection Specialists, Operations Support Representatives, Development Database Specialists, Digital Experience Technicians, Technical Support Specialists, Event Planning Partners, Exhibit Operations Specialists I, Designers, Planetarium Theater Specialists, Content Marketing Specialists, Production & Design Specialists, Digital Marketing Specialists, Development Communications Specialists, Education Specialist, Far Horizons Program Specialist, Manager of Science Content & Communication, and Group Sales Coordinators employed by the Employer at its facility currently located at 1300 S. DuSable Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, IL.
Excluded: All confidential employees, managerial employees, guards and supervisors as defined by the Act.
Starbucks Corporation
Case Number: 18-RC-372357
Tally Issued Date: 11 December 2025
Tally Type: Initial
Ballot Type: Single Labor Organization
Date Filed: 28 August 2025
Status: Closed
No. of Eligible Voters: 23
Void Ballots: 0
Unit Location: Wayzata, MN
Region Assigned: Region 18, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Unit ID: A
Votes Against: 5
Total Ballots Counted: 16
Votes for Labor Union1: 11
Labor Union1: Chicago and Midwest Regional Joint Board, Workers United/SEIU
Union to Certify: Chicago and Midwest Regional Joint Board, Workers United/SEIU
Voting Unit (Unit A): Included: All full-time and regular part-time Baristas and Shift Supervisors employed by the Employer at its facility currently located at 1330 Wayzata Boulevard, Wayzata, Minnesota.
Excluded: All store managers, assistant store managers, office clericals, professional employees, and guards and supervisors as defined by the Act.
Shoptikal LLC d/b/a Shopko Optical
Case Number: 18-RC-374072
Tally Issued Date: 11 December 2025
Tally Type: Initial
Ballot Type: Single Labor Organization
Date Filed: 25 September 2025
Status: Closed
No. of Eligible Voters: 3
Void Ballots: 0
Unit Location: Madison, WI
Region Assigned: Region 18, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Unit ID: A
Votes Against: 3
Total Ballots Counted: 3
Labor Union1: United Food and Commercial Workers, Local 1473
Voting Unit (Unit A): Included: All full-time and regular part-time opticians employed by the Employer at its facility currently located at 3868 East Washington Avenue, Madison, Wisconsin.
Excluded: All other employees, office clerical employees, professional employees, and guards and supervisors as defined in the National Labor Relations Act, as amended.
Shoptikal LLC d/b/a Shopko Optical
Case Number: 18-RC-374086
Tally Issued Date: 11 December 2025
Tally Type: Initial
Ballot Type: Single Labor Organization
Date Filed: 25 September 2025
Status: Closed
No. of Eligible Voters: 2
Void Ballots: 0
Unit Location: Verona, WI
Region Assigned: Region 18, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Unit ID: A
Votes Against: 1
Total Ballots Counted: 2
Votes for Labor Union1: 1
Labor Union1: United Food and Commercial Workers, Local 1473
Voting Unit (Unit A): Included: All full-time and regular part-time opticians employed by the Employer at its facility currently located at 631 Hometown Circle, Verona, Wisconsin.
Excluded: All other employees, office clerical employees, professional employees, and guards and supervisors as defined in the National Labor Relations Act, as amended.
Shoptikal LLC d/b/a Shopko Optical
Case Number: 18-RC-374066
Tally Issued Date: 11 December 2025
Tally Type: Initial
Ballot Type: Single Labor Organization
Date Filed: 25 September 2025
Status: Closed
No. of Eligible Voters: 2
Void Ballots: 0
Unit Location: Fitchburg, WI
Region Assigned: Region 18, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Unit ID: A
Votes Against: 1
Total Ballots Counted: 2
Votes for Labor Union1: 1
Labor Union1: United Food and Commercial Workers, Local 1473
Voting Unit (Unit A): Included: All full-time and regular part-time opticians employed by the Employer at its facility currently located at 2960 Cahill Main, Fitchburg, Wisconsin.
Excluded: All other employees, office clerical employees, professional employees, and guards and supervisors as defined in the National Labor Relations Act, as amended.
DTE ES Operations, LLC
Case Number: 08-RC-373474
Tally Issued Date: 11 December 2025
Tally Type: Initial
Ballot Type: Single Labor Organization
Date Filed: 17 September 2025
Status: Closed
No. of Eligible Voters: 7
Void Ballots: 0
Unit Location: Marietta, OH
Region Assigned: Region 08, Cleveland, Ohio
Unit ID: A
Votes Against: 0
Total Ballots Counted: 7
Votes for Labor Union1: 7
Labor Union1: United Steel, Paper and Forestry, Rubber, Manufacturing, Energy, Allied & Industrial Service Workers International Union, AFL-CIO, CLC
Union to Certify: United Steel, Paper and Forestry, Rubber, Manufacturing, Energy, Allied & Industrial Service Workers International Union, AFL-CIO, CLC
Voting Unit (Unit A): All full-time and regular part-time O&M technicians and O&M lead technicians employed by the Employer at its facility located at 17554 State Route 7, Marietta, Ohio, but excluding all office clerical employees, temporary employees, professional employees, managerial employees, guards and supervisors as defined in the Act, and all other employees.
Nexstar Media Group, Inc.
Case Number: 14-RM-374657
Tally Issued Date: 11 December 2025
Tally Type: Initial
Ballot Type: Single Labor Organization
Date Filed: 20 October 2025
Status: Open
No. of Eligible Voters: 6
Void Ballots: 0
Unit Location: Saint Louis, MO
Region Assigned: Region 14, Saint Louis, Missouri
Unit ID: A
Votes Against: 0
Total Ballots Counted: 6
Votes for Labor Union1: 6
Labor Union1: The International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local No. 4
Union to Certify: The International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local No. 4
Voting Unit (Unit A): All full-time and regular part-time Digital Content Producers employed by the Employer at its facility located at 2250 Ball Drive, St. Louis, MO 63146, but EXCLUDING all directors, executive producers, managerial employees, confidential employees, office clerical employees, professional employees, guards and supervisors as defined by the Act, and all other employees.
Mid-Town Petroleum Acquisition, LLC a subsidiary of Reladyne, LLC
Case Number: 13-RC-367070
Tally Issued Date: 11 December 2025
Tally Type: Initial
Ballot Type: Single Labor Organization
Date Filed: 06 June 2025
Status: Open
No. of Eligible Voters: 24
Void Ballots: 0
Unit Location: Chicago Heights, IL
Region Assigned: Region 13, Chicago, Illinois
Unit ID: A
Votes Against: 10
Total Ballots Counted: 23
Votes for Labor Union1: 13
Labor Union1: Teamsters Local Union No. 705
Union to Certify: Teamsters Local Union No. 705
Voting Unit (Unit A): Included: All full-time and regular part-time Fuel Services Drivers and Lube Services Drivers employed by the Employer based out of the Employer’s facility at 290 E. Joe Orr Rd. Chicago Heights, Illinois.
Excluded: All Warehouse Shipping and Receiving employees, Blender Operators, Equipment Technicians, Dispatchers, office clerical employees and guards and supervisors as defined in the Act.
Starbucks Corporation
Case Number: 14-RC-373727
Tally Issued Date: 10 December 2025
Tally Type: Initial
Ballot Type: Single Labor Organization
Date Filed: 22 September 2025
Status: Closed
No. of Eligible Voters: 16
Void Ballots: 0
Unit Location: Brentwood, MO
Region Assigned: Region 14, Saint Louis, Missouri
Unit ID: A
Votes Against: 7
Total Ballots Counted: 10
Votes for Labor Union1: 3
Labor Union1: Chicago & Midwest Regional Joint Board, Workers United/SEIU
Union to Certify: Chicago & Midwest Regional Joint Board, Workers United/SEIU
Voting Unit (Unit A): All full-time and regular part-time Baristas and Shift Supervisors employed by the Employer at its 2300 S. Brentwood Blvd, Brentwood MO store, but EXCLUDING store managers, assistant managers, office clericals, guards, professionals, and supervisors as defined by the Act.
St. Joseph Regional Health Center; Madison St. Joseph Health Center; Burleson St. Joseph Health Center; and St. Joseph Physician Associates, each a Texas not-for-profit corporation, as a single employer, d/b/a St. Joseph Health
Case Number: 16-RC-372993
Tally Issued Date: 10 December 2025
Tally Type: Initial
Ballot Type: Single Labor Organization
Date Filed: 09 September 2025
Status: Closed
No. of Eligible Voters: 781
Void Ballots: 1
Unit Location: Bryan, TX
Region Assigned: Region 16, Fort Worth, Texas
Unit ID: A
Votes Against: 272
Total Ballots Counted: 598
Votes for Labor Union1: 326
Labor Union1: National Nurses Organizing Committee (NNOC) - National Nurses United (NNU)
Union to Certify: National Nurses Organizing Committee (NNOC) - National Nurses United (NNU)
Voting Unit (Unit A): INCLUDED: All full-time, regular part-time, and per diem registered nurses, including charge and relief charge registered nurses, including the positions of Care Coordinator RN; Clinical Educator RN; Clinical Educator RN Sponsor; CV Navigator RN; Educator RN; First Assistant RN; Flex Team I RN; Flight RN; Lactation Educator RN; National Resident RN; Navigator RN; Occupational Health RN; Oncology Navigator; RN; RN Flex Team I; Specialty Clinic RN; Trauma Stroke Registrar RN; and Wound Ostomy RN, employed by the Employer at its hospital campuses with their principal addresses currently located at 2801 Franciscan Drive, Bryan, Texas 77802 (“Bryan”); 1604 Rock Prairie Road, College Station, Texas 77845 (“College Station”); 210 South Judson Street, Navasota, Texas 77868 (“Grimes”); 100 West Cross Street, Madisonville, Texas 77864 (“Madisonville”); and 1101 Woodson Drive, Caldwell, Texas 77836 (“Burleson”).
EXCLUDED: All other employees, managerial employees, confidential employees, RNs employed by registries or other outside agencies providing labor to the Employer, guards and supervisors as defined by the Act.
OTHERS PERMITTED TO VOTE: The parties have agreed that the House Supervisor RNs, House Supervisor Lead RNs, Infection Preventionists, Quality-Patient Safety Program Manager/s, National Nurse Resident Program Site Coordinator/s, Nurse Practitioner Critical Care, Nurse Practitioner Family Medicine, Nurse Practitioner Hospitalist, Nurse Practitioner Palliative Care employed by the Employer at its hospital campuses with their principal addresses currently located at 2801 Franciscan Drive, Bryan, Texas 77802 (“Bryan”); 1604 Rock Prairie Road, College Station, Texas 77845 (“College Station”); 210 South Judson Street, Navasota, Texas 77868 (“Grimes”); 100 West Cross Street, Madisonville, Texas 77864 (“Madisonville”); and 1101 Woodson Drive, Caldwell, Texas 77836 (“Burleson”) may vote in the election, but their ballots will be challenged since their eligibility has not been resolved. No decision has been made regarding whether the individuals in these classifications are included in, or excluded from, the bargaining unit. The eligibility or inclusion of these individuals will be resolved, if necessary, following the election.
California Community Foundation
Case Number: 21-RM-372941
Tally Issued Date: 10 December 2025
Tally Type: Initial
Ballot Type: Single Labor Organization
Date Filed: 08 September 2025
Status: Closed
No. of Eligible Voters: 49
Void Ballots: 1
Unit Location: Los Angeles, CA
Region Assigned: Region 21, Los Angeles, California
Unit ID: A
Votes Against: 24
Total Ballots Counted: 39
Votes for Labor Union1: 15
Labor Union1: Office and Professional Employees International Union, Local 30
Voting Unit (Unit A): Included: All full-time and regular part-time non-supervisory employees employed by the Employer at its facility currently located at 717 West Temple Street, Los Angeles, California.
Excluded: All other employees, office clerical employees, managerial employees, independent contractors, confidential employees, professional employees, guards and supervisors as defined in the Act.
