Section 12 Appropriate Unit

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Appropriate unit is defined in § 105.500(1), RSMo 1994, as “a unit of employees at any plant or installation or in a craft or in a function of a public body which establishes a clear and identifiable community of interest among the employees concerned.”

In deciding whether any bargaining unit shows a sufficient community of interest under § 105.500(1), the State Board of Mediation, in American Federation of State, County & Municipal Employees, v. Department of Corrections & Human Resources, Public Case No. 83-002 (1984), stated that it considers the following factors:

1. Similarity in the scale and manner of determining earnings

2. Similarity in employment benefits, hours of work, and other terms and conditions of employment

3. Similarity in the kind of work performed

4. Similarity in the qualifications, skills, and training of the employees

5. Frequency of contact or interchange among the employees

6. Geographic proximity

7. Continuity or integration of production processes

8. Common supervision and determination of labor relations policy

9. Relationship to the administrative organization of the employer

10. History of collective bargaining

11. Extent of union organization

See Service Employees Int’l Union, Local No. 96, AFL-CIO, CLC v. City of Blue...