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American Postal Workers Union (United States Postal Service)

Case Number: 25-CB-309588
Date Filed: 12/29/2022
Status: Closed
No Employees: 50
Location: Indianapolis, IN
Region Assigned: Region 25, Indianapolis, Indiana

Cornell Care & Rehabilitation Center

Case Number: 22-CA-309613
Date Filed: 12/29/2022
Status: Closed
No Employees: 133
Location: Union, NJ
Region Assigned: Region 22, Newark, New Jersey

Pensacola Nursing and Rehab

Case Number: 15-CA-309620
Date Filed: 12/29/2022
Status: Closed
No Employees: 35
Location: Pensacola, FL
Region Assigned: Region 15, New Orleans, Louisiana

United States Postal Service

Case Number: 27-CA-309597
Date Filed: 12/29/2022
Status: Closed
No Employees: 100
Location: Pagosa Springs, CO
Region Assigned: Region 27, Denver, Colorado

Transervice Logistics

Case Number: 25-CA-309590
Date Filed: 12/29/2022
Status: Closed
No Employees: 50
Location: Indianapolis, IN
Region Assigned: Region 25, Indianapolis, Indiana

National Postal Mail Handlers Union Local 305

Case Number: 10-CB-309581
Date Filed: 12/29/2022
Status: Closed
No Employees: 20
Location: Richmond, VA
Region Assigned: Region 10, Atlanta, Georgia

Osmo Enterprises Inc

Case Number: 10-CA-309575
Date Filed: 12/29/2022
Status: Closed
No Employees: 20
Location: Oak Ridge, TN
Region Assigned: Region 10, Atlanta, Georgia

National Postal Mail Handlers Union Local 305

Case Number: 10-CB-309579
Date Filed: 12/29/2022
Status: Closed
No Employees: 350
Location: Richmond, VA
Region Assigned: Region 10, Atlanta, Georgia

United States Postal Service

Case Number: 18-CA-309600
Date Filed: 12/29/2022
Status: Closed
No Employees: 60
Location: Milwaukee, WI
Region Assigned: Region 18, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Cartamundi

Case Number: 01-CA-309599
Date Filed: 12/29/2022
Status: Closed
No Employees: 300
Location: Longmeadow, MA
Region Assigned: Region 01, Boston, Massachusetts

United Parcel Service

Case Number: 10-CA-309593
Date Filed: 12/29/2022
Status: Closed
No Employees: 190
Location: Aiken, SC
Region Assigned: Region 10, Atlanta, Georgia

United Rentals Pac-Van

Case Number: 25-RC-309624
Date Filed: 12/29/2022
Status: Closed
No Employees: 3
Location: East Moline, IL
Region Assigned: Region 25, Indianapolis, Indiana
Unit Sought: Included: All full and part-time truck drivers, fabricators, mechanics and yardmen at the East Moline, Illinois location. Excluded: All guards, supervisors, and clericals as defined by the Act.

BHI Energy

Case Number: 10-CA-309605
Date Filed: 12/29/2022
Status: Closed
No Employees: 300
Location: Waynesboro, GA
Region Assigned: Region 10, Atlanta, Georgia

APWU New York Metro Area Local (United States Postal Service)

Case Number: 22-CB-309623
Date Filed: 12/29/2022
Status: Closed
No Employees: 5
Location: New York, NY
Region Assigned: Region 22, Newark, New Jersey

Local 157 (New York City District Council Of Carpenters)

Case Number: 02-CB-310079
Date Filed: 12/29/2022
Status: Closed
No Employees: 100
Location: New York, NY
Region Assigned: Region 02, New York, New York

INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF ELECTRICAL WORKERS, LOCAL UNION NO. 369 (Louisville & Jefferson County Public Defender Corporation)

Case Number: 09-CB-309606
Date Filed: 12/29/2022
Status: Closed
No Employees: 100
Location: Louisville, KY
Region Assigned: Region 09, Cincinnati, Ohio

Fluidics, Inc. (Emcore Services)

Case Number: 04-CA-309602
Date Filed: 12/29/2022
Status: Closed
No Employees: 3
Location: Philadelphia, PA
Region Assigned: Region 04, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Mariano's

Case Number: 13-CA-309616
Date Filed: 12/29/2022
Status: Closed
No Employees: 1000
Location: Des Plaines, IL
Region Assigned: Region 13, Chicago, Illinois

Amazon.com Services, LLC.

Case Number: 12-CA-309635
Date Filed: 12/29/2022
Status: Closed
No Employees: 2465
Location: Orlando, FL
Region Assigned: Region 12, Tampa, Florida

Westark Plumbing

Case Number: 15-CA-309656
Date Filed: 12/29/2022
Status: Closed
No Employees: 15
Location: Fort Smith, AR
Region Assigned: Region 15, New Orleans, Louisiana

32 BJ (Madison Square Garden)

Case Number: 02-CB-309637
Date Filed: 12/29/2022
Status: Closed
No Employees: 100
Location: New York, NY
Region Assigned: Region 02, New York, New York

Madison Sq Garden

Case Number: 02-CA-309636
Date Filed: 12/29/2022
Status: Closed
No Employees: 500
Location: New York, NY
Region Assigned: Region 02, New York, New York

Green Waste of Palo Alto, LLC

Case Number: 32-CA-309844
Date Filed: 12/29/2022
Status: Closed
No Employees: 50
Location: Santa Clara, CA
Region Assigned: Region 32, Oakland, California

Teamsters Local 174 (US Foods)

Case Number: 19-CB-309664
Date Filed: 12/29/2022
Status: Closed
No Employees: 100
Location: Fife, WA
Region Assigned: Region 19, Seattle, Washington

Sealed Air and TEKsystems, Inc. as Joint Employers

Case Number: 14-CA-309621
Date Filed: 12/29/2022
Status: Closed
No Employees: 100
Location: Saint Joseph, MO
Region Assigned: Region 14, Saint Louis, Missouri

Enoch Pratt Free Libruary

Case Number: 05-CA-309850
Date Filed: 12/29/2022
Status: Closed
No Employees: 300
Location: Baltimore, MD
Region Assigned: Region 05, Baltimore, Maryland

United States Postal Service

Case Number: 12-CA-309645
Date Filed: 12/29/2022
Status: Closed
No Employees: 11
Location: Hatillo, PR
Region Assigned: Region 12, Tampa, Florida

Macy's Union Square

Case Number: 20-CA-309730
Date Filed: 12/29/2022
Status: Closed
No Employees: 50
Location: San Francisco, CA
Region Assigned: Region 20, San Francisco, California

United States Postal Service

Case Number: 15-CA-309612
Date Filed: 12/29/2022
Status: Open
No Employees: 75
Location: New Orleans, LA
Region Assigned: Region 15, New Orleans, Louisiana

CommonSpirit Health

Case Number: 19-CA-309609
Date Filed: 12/29/2022
Status: Closed
No Employees: 150
Location: Pendleton, OR
Region Assigned: Region 19, Seattle, Washington

CommonSpirit Health

Case Number: 19-CA-309607
Date Filed: 12/29/2022
Status: Closed
No Employees: 150
Location: Roseburg, OR
Region Assigned: Region 19, Seattle, Washington

Raytheon Company

Case Number: 28-CA-309692
Date Filed: 12/29/2022
Status: Closed
No Employees: 15
Location: White Sands Missile Range, NM
Region Assigned: Region 28, Phoenix, Arizona

Bonner County Daily Bee/Hagadone Media Group

Case Number: 19-CA-309663
Date Filed: 12/29/2022
Status: Closed
No Employees: 20
Location: Sandpoint, ID
Region Assigned: Region 19, Seattle, Washington

Cardenas Market LLC

Case Number: 31-CA-309654
Date Filed: 12/29/2022
Status: Open
No Employees: 1000
Location: Ontario, CA
Region Assigned: Region 31, Los Angeles, California

Johnson Controls at Straub Clinic & Hospital

Case Number: 20-CA-309649
Date Filed: 12/29/2022
Status: Open
No Employees: 14
Location: Honolulu, HI
Region Assigned: Region 20, San Francisco, California

J.O. Mory, Inc.

Case Number: 25-CA-309577
Date Filed: 12/28/2022
Status: Open
No Employees: 50
Location: Fort Wayne, IN
Region Assigned: Region 25, Indianapolis, Indiana

S&J Service Inc

Case Number: 05-RD-309548
Date Filed: 12/28/2022
Status: Closed
No Employees: 12
Location: Hyattsville, MD
Region Assigned: Region 05, Baltimore, Maryland
Unit Sought: Included: All full Time Heavy equipment operators, Mechanics and Truck drivers. Excluded: Office Clerical Employees, Professional Employees, Managerial Employees, Laborers and Plumbers as defined in the Act.

DURHAM SCHOOL SERVICES, LLC

Case Number: 16-CA-309587
Date Filed: 12/28/2022
Status: Closed
No Employees: 200
Location: Lubbock, TX
Region Assigned: Region 16, Fort Worth, Texas

ExxonMobil Product Solutions (Chemical Plant)

Case Number: 16-CA-309596
Date Filed: 12/28/2022
Status: Open
No Employees: 1800
Location: Baytown, TX
Region Assigned: Region 16, Fort Worth, Texas

ExxonMobil Product Solutions (Lab)

Case Number: 16-CA-309648
Date Filed: 12/28/2022
Status: Open
No Employees: 1800
Location: Baytown, TX
Region Assigned: Region 16, Fort Worth, Texas

ExxonMobil Product Solutions (Refinery)

Case Number: 16-CA-309643
Date Filed: 12/28/2022
Status: Open
No Employees: 1800
Location: Baytown, TX
Region Assigned: Region 16, Fort Worth, Texas

Local 32BJ, SEIU (Guardian Service Industries)

Case Number: 02-CB-309733
Date Filed: 12/28/2022
Status: Closed
No Employees: 100
Location: New York, NY
Region Assigned: Region 02, New York, New York

United States Postal Service

Case Number: 16-CA-309633
Date Filed: 12/28/2022
Status: Closed
No Employees: 1000
Location: Houston, TX
Region Assigned: Region 16, Fort Worth, Texas

We Clean 4 You

Case Number: 16-CA-309591
Date Filed: 12/28/2022
Status: Closed
No Employees: 15
Location: The Woodlands, TX
Region Assigned: Region 16, Fort Worth, Texas

Hampton Inn Park 100

Case Number: 25-CA-309569
Date Filed: 12/28/2022
Status: Closed
No Employees: 20
Location: Indianapolis, IN
Region Assigned: Region 25, Indianapolis, Indiana

32BJ SEIU (Central Astoria, LLC)

Case Number: 29-CB-309564
Date Filed: 12/28/2022
Status: Closed
No Employees: 20
Location: Astoria, NY
Region Assigned: Region 29, Brooklyn, New York

Bandalier

Case Number: 03-CA-309515
Date Filed: 12/28/2022
Status: Closed
No Employees: 50
Location: Binghamton, NY
Region Assigned: Region 03, Buffalo, New York

1199 SEIU (St. Luke's Mount Sinai)

Case Number: 02-CB-309629
Date Filed: 12/28/2022
Status: Closed
No Employees: 10000
Location: Manhattan, NY
Region Assigned: Region 02, New York, New York

Service Employees International Union, United Healthcare Workers (Kaiser Permanente)

Case Number: 32-CB-309838
Date Filed: 12/28/2022
Status: Closed
No Employees: 1000
Location: San Leandro, CA
Region Assigned: Region 32, Oakland, California

32BJ SEIU (NYCSSS)

Case Number: 29-CB-309549
Date Filed: 12/28/2022
Status: Closed
No Employees: 500
Location: Brooklyn, NY
Region Assigned: Region 29, Brooklyn, New York

NYC School Support Services, Inc.

Case Number: 29-CA-309553
Date Filed: 12/28/2022
Status: Closed
No Employees: 500
Location: Brooklyn, NY
Region Assigned: Region 29, Brooklyn, New York

Branch 41(USPS)

Case Number: 29-CB-309570
Date Filed: 12/28/2022
Status: Closed
No Employees: 500
Location: Brooklyn, NY
Region Assigned: Region 29, Brooklyn, New York

United States Postal Service

Case Number: 13-CA-309529
Date Filed: 12/28/2022
Status: Closed
No Employees: 500
Location: Elk Grove Village, IL
Region Assigned: Region 13, Chicago, Illinois

Trader Joe's East

Case Number: 18-CA-309555
Date Filed: 12/28/2022
Status: Closed
No Employees: 100
Location: Minneapolis, MN
Region Assigned: Region 18, Minneapolis, Minnesota

National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC) (United States Postal Service)

Case Number: 12-CB-309523
Date Filed: 12/28/2022
Status: Closed
No Employees: 1000
Location: Miami, FL
Region Assigned: Region 12, Tampa, Florida

United States Postal Service

Case Number: 18-CA-309565
Date Filed: 12/28/2022
Status: Closed
No Employees: 130
Location: Rapid City, SD
Region Assigned: Region 18, Minneapolis, Minnesota

HAVEN STEEL ERECTORS, INC.

Case Number: 01-CA-309520
Date Filed: 12/28/2022
Status: Closed
No Employees: 10
Location: South Boston, MA
Region Assigned: Region 01, Boston, Massachusetts

National Postal Mail Handler's Union, Local 318 (United States Postal Service)

Case Number: 12-CB-309521
Date Filed: 12/28/2022
Status: Closed
No Employees: 27
Location: Miami, FL
Region Assigned: Region 12, Tampa, Florida

Oak Street Health MSO, LLC

Case Number: 07-CA-309707
Date Filed: 12/28/2022
Status: Closed
No Employees: 500
Location: Wyoming, MI
Region Assigned: Region 07, Detroit, Michigan

ATU Local 732

Case Number: 10-CB-309541
Date Filed: 12/28/2022
Status: Closed
No Employees: 1
Location: Norcross, GA
Region Assigned: Region 10, Atlanta, Georgia

Allegion Access Technologies f/k/a Stanley Black & Decker

Case Number: 01-UD-309536
Date Filed: 12/28/2022
Status: Closed
No Employees: 21
Location: New Britain, CT
Region Assigned: Region 01, Boston, Massachusetts
Unit Sought: All full-time and regular part-time automatic door operated equipment installers, servicemen, maintenance repairmen, shopmen and working foremen employed by the Access Technology Product Group of the Stanley Works at its New Britain, Connecticut office, but excluding all draftsmen, salesmen, office clerical employees, and guards, professional employees, and supervisors as defined in the Act.

Montefiore Medical Center

Case Number: 02-CA-309537
Date Filed: 12/28/2022
Status: Closed
No Employees: 2500
Location: Bronx, NY
Region Assigned: Region 02, New York, New York

Atlantic Aviation aka Mercury Air Center

Case Number: 16-CA-309556
Date Filed: 12/28/2022
Status: Closed
No Employees: 1000
Location: Plano, TX
Region Assigned: Region 16, Fort Worth, Texas

Case Paper

Case Number: 13-CA-309531
Date Filed: 12/28/2022
Status: Closed
No Employees: 48
Location: Chicago, IL
Region Assigned: Region 13, Chicago, Illinois

Andritz Herr-Voss Stamco, Inc.

Case Number: 06-CA-309542
Date Filed: 12/28/2022
Status: Closed
No Employees: 17
Location: Conway, PA
Region Assigned: Region 06, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Diverse Facility Solutions

Case Number: 13-CA-309571
Date Filed: 12/28/2022
Status: Closed
No Employees: 50
Location: Cicero, IL
Region Assigned: Region 13, Chicago, Illinois

CDA Inc. d/b/a Maxsent Security

Case Number: 19-CA-309560
Date Filed: 12/28/2022
Status: Closed
No Employees: 100
Location: Portland, OR
Region Assigned: Region 19, Seattle, Washington

BronxCare Health System

Case Number: 02-CA-309853
Date Filed: 12/28/2022
Status: Closed
No Employees: 875
Location: Bronx, NY
Region Assigned: Region 02, New York, New York

ELM Locating and Utility Services

Case Number: 19-CA-309563
Date Filed: 12/28/2022
Status: Closed
No Employees: 1000
Location: Missoula, MT
Region Assigned: Region 19, Seattle, Washington

Consolidated Edison Company of New York

Case Number: 02-CA-309626
Date Filed: 12/28/2022
Status: Closed
No Employees: 6800
Location: New York, NY
Region Assigned: Region 02, New York, New York

Marble Elegance and Standby Personnel, Joint Employers

Case Number: 14-CA-309554
Date Filed: 12/28/2022
Status: Closed
No Employees: 20
Location: Claremore, OK
Region Assigned: Region 14, Saint Louis, Missouri

Steppenwolf Theatre Company

Case Number: 13-RC-309580
Date Filed: 12/28/2022
Status: Closed
No Employees: 50
Location: Chicago, IL
Region Assigned: Region 13, Chicago, Illinois
Unit Sought: Included: All front of house staff, including Audience Experience Associates, Audience Services Associates, Baristas and Food Handlers, Bartenders, and Lead Bartenders. Excluded: All other employees, including office clerical employees and guards, professional employees and supervisors as defined by the Act.

Paycom Payroll, LLC d/b/a Paycom

Case Number: 14-CA-309573
Date Filed: 12/28/2022
Status: Closed
No Employees: 5385
Location: Oklahoma City, OK
Region Assigned: Region 14, Saint Louis, Missouri

Hospital HIMA San Pablo Caguas

Case Number: 12-CA-309578
Date Filed: 12/28/2022
Status: Closed
No Employees: 750
Location: Caguas, PR
Region Assigned: Region 12, Tampa, Florida

Havenwyck Hospital, Inc.

Case Number: 07-RC-309651
Date Filed: 12/28/2022
Status: Closed
No Employees: 130
Location: Auburn Hills, MI
Region Assigned: Region 07, Detroit, Michigan
Unit Sought: Included: All full-time and part-time, and contingent, Psychiatric Care Specialists, Lead Psychiatric Care Specialists, and Preceptor Psychiatric Care Specialists, employed by the Employer at its facility located at 1525 University Drive, Auburn Hills, Michigan Excluded: All office clerical employees, guards and supervisors as defined in the Act, and all other employees.

STERICYCLE, INC D/B/A SHRED IT

Case Number: 01-CA-309566
Date Filed: 12/28/2022
Status: Closed
No Employees: 19
Location: Sharon, MA
Region Assigned: Region 01, Boston, Massachusetts

THE KROGER COMPANY

Case Number: 09-CA-309576
Date Filed: 12/28/2022
Status: Closed
No Employees: 11000
Location: Louisville, KY
Region Assigned: Region 09, Cincinnati, Ohio

Mountain Productions Inc.

Case Number: 04-CA-309583
Date Filed: 12/28/2022
Status: Closed
No Employees: 175
Location: Wilkes-Barre, PA
Region Assigned: Region 04, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

32BJ (Allied Universal Security)

Case Number: 02-CB-309568
Date Filed: 12/28/2022
Status: Closed
No Employees: 10
Location: Manhattan, NY
Region Assigned: Region 02, New York, New York

First Security Bank of Nevada

Case Number: 28-CA-309683
Date Filed: 12/28/2022
Status: Closed
No Employees: 30
Location: Las Vegas, NV
Region Assigned: Region 28, Phoenix, Arizona

Midwest Air Traffic Control Service, Inc.

Case Number: 13-RC-309601
Date Filed: 12/28/2022
Status: Closed
No Employees: 3
Location: Waukegan, IL
Region Assigned: Region 13, Chicago, Illinois
Unit Sought: Included: Air Traffic Controllers (Full and Part Time) Excluded: Guards, Supervisors and Air Traffic Manager

ExxonMobil Product Solutions (Refinery)

Case Number: 16-CA-309608
Date Filed: 12/28/2022
Status: Open
No Employees: 1800
Location: Baytown, TX
Region Assigned: Region 16, Fort Worth, Texas

ExxonMobil Product Solutions (Chemical)

Case Number: 16-CA-309611
Date Filed: 12/28/2022
Status: Closed
No Employees: 1800
Location: Baytown, TX
Region Assigned: Region 16, Fort Worth, Texas

United Brotherhood of Carpenters Local 41

Case Number: 19-CA-309640
Date Filed: 12/28/2022
Status: Closed
No Employees: 10
Location: Kent, WA
Region Assigned: Region 19, Seattle, Washington

Pacific Northwest Regional Council Carpenters (UBC Local 41)

Case Number: 19-CB-309644
Date Filed: 12/28/2022
Status: Closed
No Employees: 2
Location: Kent, WA
Region Assigned: Region 19, Seattle, Washington

United States Postal Service

Case Number: 16-CA-309639
Date Filed: 12/28/2022
Status: Closed
No Employees: 100
Location: San Antonio, TX
Region Assigned: Region 16, Fort Worth, Texas

ExxonMobil Product Solutions (Lab)

Case Number: 16-CA-309650
Date Filed: 12/28/2022
Status: Closed
No Employees: 1800
Location: Baytown, TX
Region Assigned: Region 16, Fort Worth, Texas

Triple A Fire Protection

Case Number: 15-CA-309543
Date Filed: 12/28/2022
Status: Closed
No Employees: 22
Location: Semmes, AL
Region Assigned: Region 15, New Orleans, Louisiana

United States Postal Service

Case Number: 10-CA-309572
Date Filed: 12/28/2022
Status: Closed
No Employees: 100
Location: Greensboro, NC
Region Assigned: Region 10, Atlanta, Georgia

United States Postal Service

Case Number: 28-CA-309592
Date Filed: 12/27/2022
Status: Open
No Employees: 800
Location: Phoenix, AZ
Region Assigned: Region 28, Phoenix, Arizona

Clara Maass Medical Center

Case Number: 22-RC-309461
Date Filed: 12/27/2022
Status: Closed
No Employees: 2
Location: Belleville, NJ
Region Assigned: Region 22, Newark, New Jersey
Unit Sought: INCLUDED: All full time, part time and per diem Cashiers EXCLUDED: All other employees under the Act.

Goettl Air Conditioning d/b/a Las Vegas Peach, LLC

Case Number: 28-CA-309582
Date Filed: 12/27/2022
Status: Open
No Employees: 100
Location: Las Vegas, NV
Region Assigned: Region 28, Phoenix, Arizona

Atlantic American Fire Protection Company, Inc.

Case Number: 13-CA-309518
Date Filed: 12/27/2022
Status: Open
No Employees: 14
Location: Elgin, IL
Region Assigned: Region 13, Chicago, Illinois

BakeMark USA, LLC

Case Number: 28-CA-309585
Date Filed: 12/27/2022
Status: Open
No Employees: 25
Location: Tempe, AZ
Region Assigned: Region 28, Phoenix, Arizona

Paragon Systems Inc.

Case Number: 01-RC-309535
Date Filed: 12/27/2022
Status: Closed
No Employees: 140
Location: Boston, MA
Region Assigned: Region 01, Boston, Massachusetts
Unit Sought: All full-time and regular part-time armed and unarmed Protective Security Officers (PSO) employed by Paragon Systems performing guard duties as defined by Section 9(b)(3) of the NLRA, assigned to federal buildings in the state of Massachusetts under Employer's Contract No 70RFP118DE1000001 with the Department of Homeland Security, Federal Protective Service; but excluding, all office clerical employees, professional employees, and supervisors as defined in the Act.

Allied Universal

Case Number: 05-CA-309466
Date Filed: 12/27/2022
Status: Closed
No Employees: 17
Location: Reston, VA
Region Assigned: Region 05, Baltimore, Maryland

Red Rock Resorts, Inc., Station Casinos LLC, and Station Holdco LLC

Case Number: 28-CA-309724
Date Filed: 12/27/2022
Status: Open
No Employees: 25
Location: Las Vegas, NV
Region Assigned: Region 28, Phoenix, Arizona

UNITE HERE Local 11 (Johnathan Club)

Case Number: 21-CB-309558
Date Filed: 12/27/2022
Status: Closed
No Employees: 100
Location: Los Angeles, CA
Region Assigned: Region 21, Los Angeles, California

National Association of Letter Carriers, Branch 343 (United States Postal Service)

Case Number: 14-CB-309493
Date Filed: 12/27/2022
Status: Closed
No Employees: 100
Location: Saint Louis, MO
Region Assigned: Region 14, Saint Louis, Missouri

Coahoma Opportunities, Inc.

Case Number: 15-RC-309452
Date Filed: 12/27/2022
Status: Closed
No Employees: 7
Location: Clarksdale, MS
Region Assigned: Region 15, New Orleans, Louisiana
Unit Sought: Included: All full and regular part-time Center Managers and Mentor Coaches employed by the employer at its Clarksdale, MS facility. Excluded: All other employees, all office and clerical workers, guards, and supervisors as defined by the Act.