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NLRB DECISION
Wadzinski testified that it is the Employer's preference that the disputed work be performed by laborers. Consequently, we also find that the factor of employer preference favors an award to employees represented by the Laborers.
3. Area practice
Wadzinski testified that most masonry contractors working around the northern half of Wisconsin used laborers to run forklifts. Al Milak, the Laborers' International representative, testified that most union mason contractors utilize laborers to operate forklifts. Dale Stubbe, the Operating Engineers' vice president, testified that contractors in the Wisconsin area used operating engineers to operate the forklift. Under these circumstances we find that the factor of area practice is inconclusive and does not favor an award of the disputed work to employees represented by either union.
4. Relative skills
Wadzinski testified that employees represented by the Laborers and the Operating Engineers were equally qualified to operate the forklift. No evidence to the contrary was presented. We therefore find that this factor is inconclusive in determining the award of the disputed work.
5. Economy and efficiency of operation
Wadzinski testified without contradiction that when not engaged in operating a forklift, a laborer performs other tasks in connection with masonry work, including mixing mortar and supplying the mason with brick and block, mortar, and various other materials. In addition, should something fall from the forklift during transport, a laborer was allowed to get off the machine and pick it up. However operating engineers were restricted in the number of times they could dismount from the forklift. Under these circumstances, we find that the factor of economy and efficiency favors an award of the disputed work to employees represented by the Laborers.
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