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Parties Involved:
Joseph F. Frankl
Petitioner
United Site Services of California, Inc.
Respondent

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[JOINT] 10(J) INJUNCTION 2:15-CV-01360-TLN-CKD 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

JOSEPH F. FRANKL, Regional Director 

of Region 20 of the National Labor 

Relations Board, for and on behalf of the 

NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS 

BOARD, 

Petitioner, 

vs. 

UNITED SITE SERVICES OF 

CALIFORNIA, INC., 

Respondent. 

Case No. 2:15-CV-01360-TLN-CKD 

[JOINT ORDER] 

 TEMPORARY INJUNCTION 

 

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[JOINT] 10(J) INJUNCTION 2:15-CV-01360-TLN-CKD 

 Pursuant to this Court’s February 16, 2016 Order (ECF No. 29), and based on the entire 

record before the Court, it is hereby ORDERED that, pending the final disposition of the 

underlying administrative proceedings in UNITED SITE SERVICES OF CALIFORNIA, INC., 

National Labor Relations Board (“Board”) Case Nos. 20-CA-139280, and 20-CA-149509, the 

Petition for Temporary Injunction is hereby granted in the manner specifically set forth below: 

Respondent, its officers, representatives, supervisors, agents, servants, employees, and all 

persons acting on its behalf are enjoined and restrained from: 

1) Withdrawing recognition from Teamsters, Local 315 (“Union”) as the exclusive 

collective-bargaining representative of the following “Unit” of employees at its 

Benicia, California facility: 

All full-time and regular part-time Service Technicians, 

Lead Service Technicians, Pick-Up and Delivery Drivers, 

Mechanics, Laborers, and Fence Installers employed by the 

Employer at its 1 Oak Road, Benicia, California facility, but 

excluding Dispatchers, supervisors and guards as defined by 

the Act. 

2) Failing or refusing to recall and reinstate former economic strikers at its Benicia, 

California facility because they joined or assisted the Union by, among other things, 

participating in a strike, or because they engaged in other protected concerted 

activities for the purpose of collective bargaining or other mutual aid or protection. 

 It is further ORDERED that, pending the final disposition of the matter herein now 

pending before the Board, Respondent, its officers, representatives, supervisors, agents, servants, 

employees and all persons acting on its behalf, shall take the following affirmative steps: 

1. Within five (5) days of the date of issuance of this Order, offer reinstatement, in 

writing per the template offer letter attached hereto as Exhibit A (“Offer”), to the 

following former strikers who have not yet been reinstated to their former positions or, 

if those jobs no longer exist, to substantially equivalent positions, at their previous 

wages and working conditions and without prejudice to their seniority or any other 

rights or privileges previously enjoyed: 

Robert Harris Service Technician 

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Ernesto Pantoja Utility Driver 

2. The reinstatement offers will be made by sending the Offers to each of the former 

strikers by both regular and certified mail at the addresses agreed upon by Respondent 

and Petitioner, and by emailing the Offers to each of the former strikers at the email 

addresses agreed upon by Respondent and Petitioner on the same date as the Offers 

are mailed. In addition, each of the Offers will be emailed to Region 20 of the Board 

at richard.mcpalmer@nlrb.gov and to Counsel for the Union at 

SGarea@beesontayer.com. 

3. To effectuate the reinstatements contemplated herein Respondent will, if necessary, 

dismiss first any of the six (6) employees argued by Petitioner in these proceedings to 

have been illegitimately claimed as permanent hires made during the strike and, 

second, any permanent replacements hired during the strike. 

4. Following completion of the mailing and emailing of the Offers, those former strikers 

not accepting as provided in the Offers within fourteen (14) calendar days of the 

mailing/emailing will be considered to have rejected the reinstatement offer. 

5. Respondent shall reinstate any former strikers timely accepting their Offer, as 

instructed in the Offers themselves, within five (5) calendar days of said acceptance. 

6. Upon request of the Union, resume recognizing and bargaining in good faith with the 

Union as the exclusive collective-bargaining representative of its Unit employees 

employed at its Benicia, California facility, and communicate the same to the Union in 

writing. 

7. Within seven (7) days of the date of issuance of this Order, post copies of this Order at 

its Benicia, California facility in all places where notices to its employees are normally 

posted, maintain these postings during the Board’s administrative proceeding free 

from all obstructions and defacements, grant all employees free and unrestricted 

access to view said postings, and grant to agents of the Board reasonable access to its 

facilities to monitor compliance with this posting requirement for sixty (60) days. 

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8. Within twenty-eight (28) days of the date of issuance of this Order, file with the 

District Court and serve upon the Regional Director of Region 20 of the Board, a 

sworn affidavit from a responsible official of Respondent describing with specificity 

the manner in which Respondent has complied with the terms of the Court’s decree, 

including the locations of the posted documents. 

It is further ORDERED that this case shall remain on the docket of this Court and, on 

compliance by Respondent with its obligations undertaken hereto and upon disposition of the 

matters pending before the Board, the Petitioner shall cause this proceeding to be dismissed. 

IT IS SO ORDERED at Sacramento, California, this 11th day of March, 2016. 

 

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EXHIBIT A 

 

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[JOINT] 10(J) INJUNCTION 2:15-CV-01360-TLN-CKD 

[DATE] 

[FORMER STRIKER NAME] 

[FORMER STRIKER ADDRESS OF RECORD] 

Dear [FORMER STRIKER NAME]: 

We are sending this letter to inform you that you are entitled to an unconditional offer of reinstatement to 

your former position, or to a substantially equivalent position, at your previous wage rate and working 

conditions and without prejudice to your seniority or any other rights or privileges previously enjoyed as 

follows: 

Position: [FORMER STRIKER POSITION] 

Location: Benicia 

Category: Regular full-time, benefitted 

Shift Details: [FORMER STRIKER’S FULL TIME SCHEDULE] 

Pay rate: $[ FORMER PAY RATE] 

If you wish to accept the offer of reinstatement stated herein, please check the appropriate box below, sign, 

date, and send it to United Site Services, Attn: Aggie Halley, 3408 Hillcap Ave., San Jose CA 95136 or 

via email at agueda.halley@unitedsiteservices.com. You may also drop off this completed letter with the 

receptionist at the same location. In the alternative, if you wish to accept this position you may call Aggie 

Halley at (408) 927-4233 to orally communicate your acceptance and arrange for a start date. 

The Company must receive your response by no later than by 5:00 PM fourteen (14) days from [DATE]. 

Sincerely, 

Aggie Halley 

Human Resources Manager 

I accept the position described above: ______ I decline the position described above: ______ 

Signature:___________________________ Date: ___________________________ 

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