41:0791(71)RO - - National Park Service, Golden Gate National Recreation Area, San Francisco, CA and Laborers' Intl. Union, Local 1276, AFL-CIO and AFGE, Local 1457 - - 1991 FLRAdec RO - - v41 p791

41 FLRA No. 71

Before Chairman McKee and Members Talkin and Armendariz.

I. Statement of the Case

This case is before the Authority on an application for review filed by the American Federation of Government Employees, Local 1457, AFL-CIO (AFGE) under section 2422.17(a) of the Authority's Rules and Regulations. AFGE seeks review of the Regional Director's Decision and Order on Request for Intervention denying AFGE's request for intervention in the above-captioned case. Neither the Activity nor the Petitioner filed an opposition to the application.

For the reasons discussed below, we deny the application for review.

II. Background and Regional Director's Decision

The Petitioner filed a petition seeking an election to determine the exclusive representative, if any, of the nonprofessional employees of the Golden Gate National Recreation Area, San Francisco, California (GGNRA). Thereafter, AFGE timely filed a request for intervention on the theory that the GGNRA employees had accreted to one of AFGE's existing bargaining units at the Presidio of San Francisco. AFGE did not submit a showing of interest in support of its request.

AFGE represents Department of the Army employees in nine separate bargaining units at the Presidio. AFGE claimed before the Regional Director that the GGNRA employees had accreted to one of its units at the Presidio of San Francisco.^(*) In support of its position, AFGE asserted that: (1) the United States Army Information Systems Command (USAISC) provides communications services to the GGNRA; (2) the Presidio provides ga