Hocking Technical College v. State Employment Relations Board

Bowman, Judge.

On April 16, 1986, the Hocking Technical College Education Association (“Association”) filed a petition for representation election with appellee, the State Employment Relations Board (“SERB”), seeking an election to determine whether a majority of the professional employees at appellant, Hocking Technical College (“College”), wanted the Association to represent them for purposes of collective bargaining. Several meetings were held between the Association’s attorney and R.W. Smith, a representative of a labor relations consulting firm who had entered an appearance on behalf of…