Opinion ID: 609103
Heading Depth: 3
Heading Rank: 1

Heading: Initial Meeting at Union Hall

Text: 6 In early November 1990, an initial meeting of employees was held to discuss the possibility of organizing. Carlos Toro, a packer at Digitron, testified that while there were authorization cards signed at the meeting, no production analysts encouraged employees to sign the cards. 7 Alan Talluto, a former production analyst who was promoted to general supervisor, testified that he was also present at the November 1990 meeting and that Michael Robertson, a production analyst, played a lead role at the meeting. Talluto testified that Robertson was  'sitting up front doing a lot of talking, a lot of one on one conversation with Tom' (Ziembovic[, a Union organizer]. J.A. at 12. Talluto testified that Robertson stated that if more than fifty percent of the employees signed authorization cards, the Union automatically became the bargaining representative. Talluto noted that Robertson did not ask employees to sign authorization cards for the Union, however.