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United States Postal Service

Case Number: 11-CA-022311
Date Filed: 05/27/2009
Status: Closed
No Employees: 200
Location: Raleigh, NC
Region Assigned: Region 10, Atlanta, Georgia

Corning Inc.

Case Number: 11-CA-022312
Date Filed: 05/27/2009
Status: Closed
No Employees: 285
Location: Christiansburg, VA
Region Assigned: Region 10, Atlanta, Georgia

Mastec North America, Inc. d/b/a Mastec Advanced Technologies

Case Number: 12-CA-026353
Date Filed: 05/27/2009
Status: Closed
No Employees: 100
Location: Tampa, FL
Region Assigned: Region 12, Tampa, Florida

United Steel, Paper and Forestry, Rubber, Manufacturing, Energy, Allied-Industrial and Service Worke

Case Number: 12-CB-006055
Date Filed: 05/27/2009
Status: Closed
No Employees: 2
Location: Winter Garden, FL
Region Assigned: Region 12, Tampa, Florida

International Union of Operating Engineers, Local 3 (Flatiron Inc.)

Case Number: 32-CB-006735
Date Filed: 05/27/2009
Status: Closed
No Employees: 50
Location: San Leandro, CA
Region Assigned: Region 32, Oakland, California

General Dynamics Electric Boat Corp

Case Number: 34-CA-012355
Date Filed: 05/27/2009
Status: Closed
No Employees: 8000
Location: Groton, CT
Region Assigned: Region 01, Boston, Massachusetts

American Medical Response

Case Number: 34-CA-012356
Date Filed: 05/27/2009
Status: Closed
No Employees: 220
Location: New Haven, CT
Region Assigned: Region 01, Boston, Massachusetts

Government Employees Local Union 600 (AMR)

Case Number: 34-CB-003127
Date Filed: 05/27/2009
Status: Closed
No Employees: 200
Location: Waterbury, CT
Region Assigned: Region 01, Boston, Massachusetts

All Floors Residential and Commcercial Flooring, Inc.

Case Number: 32-CA-024568
Date Filed: 05/27/2009
Status: Closed
No Employees: 50
Location: Campbell, CA
Region Assigned: Region 32, Oakland, California

Daimler Trucks North America, LLC

Case Number: 32-CA-024569
Date Filed: 05/27/2009
Status: Closed
No Employees: 39
Location: Reno, NV
Region Assigned: Region 32, Oakland, California

Flatiron Inc.

Case Number: 32-CA-024571
Date Filed: 05/27/2009
Status: Closed
No Employees: 100
Location: San Leandro, CA
Region Assigned: Region 32, Oakland, California

Verizon Communications

Case Number: 01-CA-045431
Date Filed: 05/27/2009
Status: Closed
No Employees: 50000
Location: Boston, MA
Region Assigned: Region 01, Boston, Massachusetts

United States Postal Service

Case Number: 01-CA-045433
Date Filed: 05/27/2009
Status: Closed
No Employees: 200
Location: Hampden, ME
Region Assigned: Region 01, Boston, Massachusetts

United States Postal Service

Case Number: 02-CA-039318
Date Filed: 05/27/2009
Status: Closed
No Employees: 32
Location: New York, NY
Region Assigned: Region 02, New York, New York

ABM Industries Incorporated

Case Number: 02-CA-039319
Date Filed: 05/27/2009
Status: Closed
No Employees: 30
Location: New York, NY
Region Assigned: Region 02, New York, New York

Akima Logistic Services LLC

Case Number: 02-CA-039320
Date Filed: 05/27/2009
Status: Closed
No Employees: 100
Location: New York, NY
Region Assigned: Region 02, New York, New York

Quality Building Services

Case Number: 02-CA-039321
Date Filed: 05/27/2009
Status: Closed
No Employees: 4
Location: New York, NY
Region Assigned: Region 02, New York, New York

Local 32BJ, Service Employees International Union (ABM)

Case Number: 02-CB-022062
Date Filed: 05/27/2009
Status: Closed
No Employees: 100
Location: Brooklyn, NY
Region Assigned: Region 02, New York, New York

Local 32BJ, Service Employees International Union (Quality Building Services)

Case Number: 02-CB-022063
Date Filed: 05/27/2009
Status: Closed
No Employees: 4
Location: New York, NY
Region Assigned: Region 02, New York, New York

Branch 36, National Association of Letter Carriers (United States Postal Service)

Case Number: 02-CB-022064
Date Filed: 05/27/2009
Status: Closed
No Employees: 100
Location: New York, NY
Region Assigned: Region 02, New York, New York

Cranesville Block Co. Inc.

Case Number: 03-CA-027168
Date Filed: 05/27/2009
Status: Closed
No Employees: 3
Location: Kingston, NY
Region Assigned: Region 03, Buffalo, New York

American Medical Response

Case Number: 03-CA-027169
Date Filed: 05/27/2009
Status: Closed
No Employees: 220
Location: New Haven, CT
Region Assigned: Region 03, Buffalo, New York

Teamsters Local 294 (UPS)

Case Number: 03-CB-008958
Date Filed: 05/27/2009
Status: Closed
No Employees: 10
Location: Albany, NY
Region Assigned: Region 03, Buffalo, New York

Kimball Medical Center/Saint Barnabas Behavioral Health Center

Case Number: 04-CA-036801
Date Filed: 05/27/2009
Status: Closed
No Employees: 400
Location: Lakewood, NJ
Region Assigned: Region 04, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Devereux Kanner Center

Case Number: 04-CA-036802
Date Filed: 05/27/2009
Status: Closed
No Employees: 50
Location: West Chester, PA
Region Assigned: Region 04, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Bally's Park Place Casino Hotel

Case Number: 04-CA-036803
Date Filed: 05/27/2009
Status: Closed
No Employees: 5000
Location: Atlantic City, NJ
Region Assigned: Region 04, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Clement Pappas & Company, Inc.

Case Number: 04-CA-036804
Date Filed: 05/27/2009
Status: Closed
No Employees: 25
Location: Seabrook Farms, NJ
Region Assigned: Region 04, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Philly Transportation, LLC

Case Number: 04-CA-036805
Date Filed: 05/27/2009
Status: Closed
No Employees: 160
Location: Philadelphia, PA
Region Assigned: Region 04, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Tri-County Building Supplies (Cape May Court House)

Case Number: 04-CA-036806
Date Filed: 05/27/2009
Status: Closed
No Employees: 40
Location: Cape May Court House, NJ
Region Assigned: Region 04, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Securiguard Inc.

Case Number: 05-RC-016321
Date Filed: 05/27/2009
Status: Closed
No Employees: 100
Location: Washington, DC
Region Assigned: Region 05, Baltimore, Maryland
Unit Sought: Included: All armed and unarmed security officers and sergeants employed at the National Achieves and any and all Outposts within this contract Excluded: Administrative and Clerical

Stock Roofing Company, LLC

Case Number: 18-CA-019057
Date Filed: 05/27/2009
Status: Closed
No Employees: 50
Location: Fridley, MN
Region Assigned: Region 18, Minneapolis, Minnesota

CEMEX, Inc.

Case Number: 28-CA-022534
Date Filed: 05/27/2009
Status: Closed
No Employees: 500
Location: Phoenix, AZ
Region Assigned: Region 28, Phoenix, Arizona

United States Postal Service

Case Number: 09-CA-044969
Date Filed: 05/27/2009
Status: Closed
No Employees: 125
Location: London, KY
Region Assigned: Region 09, Cincinnati, Ohio

Midwest Provisions

Case Number: 25-CA-031021
Date Filed: 05/27/2009
Status: Closed
No Employees: 12
Location: Logansport, IN
Region Assigned: Region 25, Indianapolis, Indiana

1199 SEIU United Healthcare Workers East (New York Dialysis Services, Inc. d/b/a Dutches Dialysis)

Case Number: 03-CB-008959
Date Filed: 05/27/2009
Status: Closed
No Employees: 42
Location: Albany, NY
Region Assigned: Region 03, Buffalo, New York

SEIU, Local 1000 (Members Building Maintenance)

Case Number: 16-CB-007881
Date Filed: 05/26/2009
Status: Closed
No Employees: 69
Location: Houston, TX
Region Assigned: Region 16, Fort Worth, Texas

K & S Communication, Inc.

Case Number: 10-CA-037890
Date Filed: 05/26/2009
Status: Closed
No Employees: 39
Location: Maryville, TN
Region Assigned: Region 10, Atlanta, Georgia

American Postal Workers Union (United State Postal Service)

Case Number: 09-CB-012163
Date Filed: 05/26/2009
Status: Closed
No Employees: 10
Location: South Shore, KY
Region Assigned: Region 09, Cincinnati, Ohio

Rural Metro Ambulance Services

Case Number: 10-CA-037892
Date Filed: 05/26/2009
Status: Closed
No Employees: 100
Location: Knoxville, TN
Region Assigned: Region 10, Atlanta, Georgia

Shoals Electric Co. Inc.

Case Number: 10-CA-037893
Date Filed: 05/26/2009
Status: Closed
No Employees: 25
Location: Muscle Shoals, AL
Region Assigned: Region 10, Atlanta, Georgia

International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Local 558 (Shoals Eelctric Co. Inc.)

Case Number: 10-CB-008883
Date Filed: 05/26/2009
Status: Closed
No Employees: 25
Location: Sheffield, AL
Region Assigned: Region 10, Atlanta, Georgia

International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Local 558 (B Electric Inc.)

Case Number: 10-CB-008884
Date Filed: 05/26/2009
Status: Closed
No Employees: 25
Location: Sheffield, AL
Region Assigned: Region 10, Atlanta, Georgia

B Electric, Inc.

Case Number: 10-CA-037894
Date Filed: 05/26/2009
Status: Closed
No Employees: 25
Location: Florence, AL
Region Assigned: Region 10, Atlanta, Georgia

Rural Metro Ambulance Services

Case Number: 10-CA-037895
Date Filed: 05/26/2009
Status: Closed
No Employees: 100
Location: Knoxville, TN
Region Assigned: Region 10, Atlanta, Georgia

Service Employees International Union

Case Number: 05-CA-035015
Date Filed: 05/26/2009
Status: Closed
No Employees: 300
Location: Washington, DC
Region Assigned: Region 05, Baltimore, Maryland

Molokai General Hospital

Case Number: 37-CA-007757
Date Filed: 05/26/2009
Status: Closed
No Employees: 9
Location: Honolulu, HI
Region Assigned: Region 20, San Francisco, California

UNITED STEELWORKERS, LOCAL 153 (Sherwood Packaging)

Case Number: 25-CB-009281
Date Filed: 05/26/2009
Status: Closed
No Employees: 250
Location: Indianapolis, IN
Region Assigned: Region 25, Indianapolis, Indiana

Warehouse Union Local #6 (Guittard Chocolate Company)

Case Number: 20-CB-013364
Date Filed: 05/26/2009
Status: Closed
No Employees: 150
Location: Burlingame, CA
Region Assigned: Region 20, San Francisco, California

SelectBuild Nevada, Inc.

Case Number: 28-CA-022529
Date Filed: 05/26/2009
Status: Closed
No Employees: 850
Location: Las Vegas, NV
Region Assigned: Region 28, Phoenix, Arizona

Transcare New York, Inc.

Case Number: 29-CA-029620
Date Filed: 05/26/2009
Status: Closed
No Employees: 50
Location: Brooklyn, NY
Region Assigned: Region 29, Brooklyn, New York

National Association of Letter Carriers Branch 247 (United States Postal Service)

Case Number: 05-CB-010591
Date Filed: 05/26/2009
Status: Closed
No Employees: 60
Location: Hampton, VA
Region Assigned: Region 05, Baltimore, Maryland

Driver's, Chauffeurs and Helpers Local Union #639, a/w International Brotherhood of Teamsters (Otten

Case Number: 05-CB-010592
Date Filed: 05/26/2009
Status: Closed
No Employees: 50
Location: Washington, DC
Region Assigned: Region 05, Baltimore, Maryland

Parsec

Case Number: 13-CA-045314
Date Filed: 05/26/2009
Status: Closed
No Employees: 250
Location: Elwood, IL
Region Assigned: Region 13, Chicago, Illinois

Distict Lodge No. 8 of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, AFL-CIO (P

Case Number: 13-CB-019188
Date Filed: 05/26/2009
Status: Closed
No Employees: 50
Location: Naperville, IL
Region Assigned: Region 13, Chicago, Illinois

Kenneth Hall Regional Hospital 

Case Number: 14-CA-029756
Date Filed: 05/26/2009
Status: Closed
No Employees: 434
Location: East Saint Louis, IL
Region Assigned: Region 14, Saint Louis, Missouri

Central Stone Co.

Case Number: 14-CA-029757
Date Filed: 05/26/2009
Status: Closed
No Employees: 10
Location: Florissant, MO
Region Assigned: Region 14, Saint Louis, Missouri

Bussen Quarries, Inc.

Case Number: 14-CA-029758
Date Filed: 05/26/2009
Status: Closed
No Employees: 10
Location: Saint Louis, MO
Region Assigned: Region 14, Saint Louis, Missouri

Pace Construction

Case Number: 14-CA-029759
Date Filed: 05/26/2009
Status: Closed
No Employees: 10
Location: Saint Louis, MO
Region Assigned: Region 14, Saint Louis, Missouri

Cathy McDaniels Trucking

Case Number: 14-CA-029760
Date Filed: 05/26/2009
Status: Closed
No Employees: 10
Location: Villa Ridge, MO
Region Assigned: Region 14, Saint Louis, Missouri

Thoele Asphalt Paving, Inc.

Case Number: 14-CA-029761
Date Filed: 05/26/2009
Status: Closed
No Employees: 10
Location: Saint Charles, MO
Region Assigned: Region 14, Saint Louis, Missouri

Knight Protective Service

Case Number: 15-CA-019075
Date Filed: 05/26/2009
Status: Closed
No Employees: 104
Location: Baton Rouge, LA
Region Assigned: Region 15, New Orleans, Louisiana

United States Postal Service

Case Number: 16-CA-026809
Date Filed: 05/26/2009
Status: Closed
No Employees: 100
Location: Houston, TX
Region Assigned: Region 16, Fort Worth, Texas

United States Postal Service

Case Number: 16-CA-026810
Date Filed: 05/26/2009
Status: Closed
No Employees: 100
Location: Houston, TX
Region Assigned: Region 16, Fort Worth, Texas

United States Postal Service

Case Number: 16-CA-026812
Date Filed: 05/26/2009
Status: Closed
No Employees: 100
Location: Houston, TX
Region Assigned: Region 16, Fort Worth, Texas

AT&T

Case Number: 17-CA-024521
Date Filed: 05/26/2009
Status: Closed
No Employees: 130
Location: Wichita, KS
Region Assigned: Region 14, Saint Louis, Missouri

USPS

Case Number: 17-CA-024524
Date Filed: 05/26/2009
Status: Closed
No Employees: 35
Location: Tulsa, OK
Region Assigned: Region 14, Saint Louis, Missouri

Sacred Heart Medical Center

Case Number: 19-CA-031938
Date Filed: 05/26/2009
Status: Closed
No Employees: 500
Location: Spokane, WA
Region Assigned: Region 19, Seattle, Washington

Plumbers and Pipefitters, Local 26 (J H Kelley)

Case Number: 19-CB-009890
Date Filed: 05/26/2009
Status: Closed
No Employees: 10
Location: Longview, WA
Region Assigned: Region 19, Seattle, Washington

7-Up Bottling Company

Case Number: 20-CA-034516
Date Filed: 05/26/2009
Status: Closed
No Employees: 25
Location: Sacramento, CA
Region Assigned: Region 20, San Francisco, California

SEIU - United Healthcare Workers West (Sutter Solano Medical Center)

Case Number: 20-CB-013363
Date Filed: 05/26/2009
Status: Closed
No Employees: 500
Location: Vallejo, CA
Region Assigned: Region 20, San Francisco, California

Graphic Communications Conference, International Brotherhood of Teamsters Local 404M (No Employer Na

Case Number: 21-CB-014722
Date Filed: 05/26/2009
Status: Closed
No Employees: 25
Location: Monrovia, CA
Region Assigned: Region 21, Los Angeles, California

Bayonne Hospital Center, d/b/a Bayonne Medical Center

Case Number: 22-CA-028919
Date Filed: 05/26/2009
Status: Closed
No Employees: 800
Location: Bayonne, NJ
Region Assigned: Region 22, Newark, New Jersey

RittenHouse-Kerr Ford and Red Bank Ford, as Joint Employers

Case Number: 22-CA-028921
Date Filed: 05/26/2009
Status: Closed
No Employees: 15
Location: Red Bank, NJ
Region Assigned: Region 22, Newark, New Jersey

Servicios de Salud Episcopales, Inc.; St. Luke's Memorial Hospital, Inc.; Hospital Episcopal San Luc

Case Number: 24-CA-011232
Date Filed: 05/26/2009
Status: Closed
No Employees: 100
Location: Ponce, PR
Region Assigned: Region 12, Tampa, Florida

TEAMSTERS, LOCAL 135 (DHL EXPRESS)

Case Number: 25-CB-009280
Date Filed: 05/26/2009
Status: Closed
No Employees: 1000
Location: Indianapolis, IN
Region Assigned: Region 25, Indianapolis, Indiana

UNITE, Local 399 (TJ Maxx)

Case Number: 25-CB-009282
Date Filed: 05/26/2009
Status: Closed
No Employees: 1000
Location: Evansville, IN
Region Assigned: Region 25, Indianapolis, Indiana

United States Postal Service

Case Number: 26-CA-023421
Date Filed: 05/26/2009
Status: Closed
No Employees: 100
Location: Jonesboro, AR
Region Assigned: Region 15, New Orleans, Louisiana

Albertson's / Super Valu

Case Number: 27-CA-021251
Date Filed: 05/26/2009
Status: Closed
No Employees: 500
Location: Boise, ID
Region Assigned: Region 27, Denver, Colorado

Qwest Corporation

Case Number: 27-CA-021252
Date Filed: 05/26/2009
Status: Closed
No Employees: 5000
Location: Denver, CO
Region Assigned: Region 27, Denver, Colorado

Bridger Coal

Case Number: 27-CA-021253
Date Filed: 05/26/2009
Status: Closed
No Employees: 260
Location: Point of Rocks, WY
Region Assigned: Region 27, Denver, Colorado

Nu Insulation, Inc.

Case Number: 25-CA-031019
Date Filed: 05/26/2009
Status: Closed
No Employees: 32
Location: Huntertown, IN
Region Assigned: Region 25, Indianapolis, Indiana

AT & T INDIANA BELL

Case Number: 25-CA-031020
Date Filed: 05/26/2009
Status: Closed
No Employees: 120000
Location: Indianapolis, IN
Region Assigned: Region 25, Indianapolis, Indiana

United Food & Commercial Workers Union, Local 711, AFL-CIO (Food 4 Less)

Case Number: 28-CB-006963
Date Filed: 05/26/2009
Status: Closed
No Employees: 60
Location: Las Vegas, NV
Region Assigned: Region 28, Phoenix, Arizona

Bavaro Carting Corp

Case Number: 29-CA-029626
Date Filed: 05/26/2009
Status: Closed
No Employees: 5
Location: Brooklyn, NY
Region Assigned: Region 29, Brooklyn, New York

Cinelli Carting Company Inc

Case Number: 29-CA-029627
Date Filed: 05/26/2009
Status: Closed
No Employees: 5
Location: Jamaica, NY
Region Assigned: Region 29, Brooklyn, New York

Verizon

Case Number: 29-CA-029628
Date Filed: 05/26/2009
Status: Closed
No Employees: 20
Location: Brooklyn, NY
Region Assigned: Region 29, Brooklyn, New York

Preferred Health Partners

Case Number: 29-CA-029629
Date Filed: 05/26/2009
Status: Closed
No Employees: 140
Location: Brooklyn, NY
Region Assigned: Region 29, Brooklyn, New York

United Service Workers Union (Spectrum Signs Inc)

Case Number: 29-CB-014044
Date Filed: 05/26/2009
Status: Closed
No Employees: 100
Location: Farmingdale, NY
Region Assigned: Region 29, Brooklyn, New York

1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East (Cumberland Diagnostic and Treatment Center)

Case Number: 29-CB-014045
Date Filed: 05/26/2009
Status: Closed
No Employees: 2
Location: Brooklyn, NY
Region Assigned: Region 29, Brooklyn, New York

United Service Workers Union (Spectrum Signs Inc)

Case Number: 29-CC-001591
Date Filed: 05/26/2009
Status: Closed
No Employees: 100
Location: Farmingdale, NY
Region Assigned: Region 29, Brooklyn, New York

United Service Workers Union (Spectrum Signs Inc)

Case Number: 29-CD-000635
Date Filed: 05/26/2009
Status: Closed
No Employees: 100
Location: Farmingdale, NY
Region Assigned: Region 29, Brooklyn, New York

Hoffmaster Group, Inc.

Case Number: 30-CA-018341
Date Filed: 05/26/2009
Status: Closed
No Employees: 25
Location: Appleton, WI
Region Assigned: Region 18, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Host International, Inc. 

Case Number: 28-CA-022531
Date Filed: 05/26/2009
Status: Closed
No Employees: 100
Location: Phoenix, AZ
Region Assigned: Region 28, Phoenix, Arizona

Smith's Food & Drug Centers, Inc.

Case Number: 28-CA-022532
Date Filed: 05/26/2009
Status: Closed
No Employees: 2000
Location: Albuquerque, NM
Region Assigned: Region 28, Phoenix, Arizona

Sheetmetal Workers, Local 18 (Everbrite)

Case Number: 30-CB-005416
Date Filed: 05/26/2009
Status: Closed
No Employees: 24
Location: South Milwaukee, WI
Region Assigned: Region 18, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Cavallo Point Hotel

Case Number: 20-RC-018257
Date Filed: 05/26/2009
Status: Closed
No Employees: 35
Location: Sausalito, CA
Region Assigned: Region 20, San Francisco, California
Unit Sought: Included: Engineers, Front Desk Clerks, Housekeeping, laundry, Banquet, Houseman, Cooks, Security

Golden Living Center

Case Number: 20-RD-002476
Date Filed: 05/26/2009
Status: Closed
No Employees: 75
Location: Galt, CA
Region Assigned: Region 20, San Francisco, California
Unit Sought: Those employees covered by the most recent collective-bargaining agreement. Excluded: Those employees excluded in the most recent collective-bargaining agreement.

New Mexico Gas Company

Case Number: 28-RD-000986
Date Filed: 05/26/2009
Status: Closed
No Employees: 255
Location: Albuquerque, NM
Region Assigned: Region 28, Phoenix, Arizona
Unit Sought: INCLUDED: All construction, operations and maintenance employees who work principally in the field in the Employer's New Mexico gas operations, to include crewmen, foremen I and II, measurement control technicians, mesurement control specialists, gas system technicians, service technicians, linespotters, craftsmen, craft specialists, meter repairers, operations representatives and gas-only meter readers. EXCLUDED: All other employees, employees presently represented in any existing bargaining unit, compressor technicians and operators, customer service representatives, designers, planners, foremen III, GIS technicians, coordinators (all types), project leaders, technical services foremen, operations supervisors, expediters, engineers, engineering technicians, technical trainers, collectors, other meter readers, business support analysts, product support specialists, administrators, contract and regulatory administrators, gas supply administrators, system administrators, database administrators, measurement assistants, acquisitions representatives, transportation representatives, on-system gas representatives, analyst, gas residential control operators, right-of-way agents, other administrative and managerial employees, office employees, office-clerical employees, guards, watchmen and supervisors as defined in the Act.

La Salle Bus Service, Inc.

Case Number: 29-RC-011758
Date Filed: 05/26/2009
Status: Closed
No Employees: 30
Location: Brooklyn, NY
Region Assigned: Region 29, Brooklyn, New York
Unit Sought: Included: All full time and part time mechanics drivers cleaners matrons and escorts Excluded: All supervisors managers clericals and guards as defined by the act.

Nebraska Next Day, Inc.

Case Number: 17-RD-001788
Date Filed: 05/26/2009
Status: Closed
No Employees: 5
Location: Columbia, MO
Region Assigned: Region 14, Saint Louis, Missouri
Unit Sought: Included: All Drivers, Dockworkers, Dispatchers, Employed by the employer at its facility located 11060 Airport Rd Columbia MO 65201 Excluded: Office Clerical Employees, Guards, and Supervisors, as defined in the Act