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NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD

Agency Website: www. nlrb. gov
Telephone: (21 5)597 -7 60 1
Fax'. (215)597-7658

REGION 4
615 Chestnut St Ste 710
Philadelphia, PA 1 91 06-44'1 3

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November 17,2014

LOCAL 54
42I N 7TH ST 4TH FLOOR
PHILADELPHIA, P A 19 123 -3921
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Re:

SugarHouse Casino
Case 04-CA-140957

Dear Sir or Madam:

The charge that you filed in this case on November 14,2014has been docketed as case
number 04-CA-140957. This letter tells you how to contact the Board agent who will be
investigating the charge, explains your right to be represented, discusses presenting your
evidence, and provides a brief explanation of our procedures, including how to submit
documents to the NLRB.

Investigator: This charge is being investigated by Field Attomey WILLIAM E. SLACK

whose telephone number is (215)597-8207. If this Board agent is not available, you may contact
Supervisory Field Attorney JENNIFER R. SPECTOR whose telephone number is (215)5977625.

Right to Representation: You have the right to be represented by an attorney or other

representative in any proceeding before us. Ifyou choose to be represented, your representative
must notify us in writing of this fact as soon as possible by completrng Form NLRB-4701, Notice
of Appearance. This form is available on our website, www.nlrb.sov, or at the Regional office
upon your request.
representing you in this case, please be assured
that no organrzatron or person seeking your business has any "inside knowledge" or favored
relationship .*,ith the National Labor Relations Board. Their knowledge regarding this
proceeding was only obtained through access to information that must be made available to any
member of the public under the Freedom of Information Act.

If you are contacted by someone about

Presentation of Your Evidence: As the party who filed the charge in this case, it is your
responsibility to meet with the Board agent to provide a sworn affidavit, or provide other
witnesses to provide sworn affidavits, and to provide relevant documents within your possession.
Because we seek to resolve labor disputes promptly, you should be ready to promptly present
your affidavit(s) and other evidence. If you have not yet scheduled a date and time for the Board
agent to take your affidavit, please contact the Board agent to schedule the afhdavit(s). If you
fail to cooperate in promptly presenting your evidence, your charge may be dismissed without
investigation.

SugarHouse Casino
Case 04-CA-140957

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November 17,2014

Procedures: We strongly urge everyone to submit all documents and other materials
1"*""pt .-fui, lubor practice charges and representation petitions) by E-Filing (not e-mailing)
ttrrougtr our website www.nlrb.gov. However, the Agency will continue to accept timely filed
pup"i documents. Please include the case name and number indicated above on all your
correspondence regarding the charge.

Information about the Agency, the procedures we follow in unfair labor practice cases
and our customer service standards is available on our website www.nlrb.gov or from the
Regional Office upon your request. NLRB Form 4541, Investigative Procedures offers
information that is helpful to parties involved in an investigation of an unfair labor practice
charge.

We can provide assistance for persons with limited English proficiency or disability.
Please let us know if you or any of your witnesses would like such assistance.
Very truly yours,

19* 1urruDENNIS P. WALSH

Regional Director
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REGINA C. HERTZIG, ESQ.

CLEARY, JOSEM & TzuGIANI, LLP
325 CHESTNUT ST., STE.2OO
CONSTITUTION PLACE
PHILADELPHIA, P A 19 106-2602

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CHARGE AGA!NST EMPLOYER

INSTRUCTIONS:
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Director for the region in which the alleged unfair labor practice
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Name of Employer

SugarHouse Casino

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Address (Street, city, state, and ZIP code)

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Tel. No.

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Cell No.

Fax No

261_232_1000

Employer Representative

Wendy Hamilton, General Manager

1080 North Delaware Avenue

Philadelphia, PA 19123

Number of workers employed

over 300
r. Type of Establishmenl(factory, mine, wholesaler, etc )

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ldentify principal product or service

gaming

casino

k. The above-named employer has engaged in and is engaging in unfarr labor practices within the meanrng of section 8(a), subsections (1) and (llst

subsectlons)

(3)

of the National Labor Relations Act, and these unfair labor

practices are practices affecting commerce wiihin the meaning of the Act, or ihese unfair labor praciices are unfair practices affectrng commerce
within the meaning of the Act and the Postal Reorganization Acl.

Basis of the Charge (set fofth a clear and concise statement of the facts constituling the alleged unfair labor practices)

Beginning on or around August 2011 until on or around August 2014, the above-named Employer, by and through its
agents, violated the Act by instructing its security officers to engage in surveillance of Union committee persons while they
were working and while they were not working. The security officers did in fact engage in such surveillance.

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(if tabor orsanization, sive futt name, inctudins tocat name and number)

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4a, Address (Street and number, city, state, and ZIP code)

z1s-232-314s

421 North 7th Street,4th Floor

Philadelphia,

PA 19123
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4e. e-Mail

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Full name of nattonal or internalional labor organization of which it rs an affiliate or constrtuent unit (lo be filled in when charge isfiled by a labor

organization)

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I declare that I have read

DECLAMTION
lhe above charge and that the statements are lrue to lhe best of my knowledge and belief

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21 5-735-9099
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Regina C. Hertzig
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215-640-3201
325 Chestnut Street, Suite 200, Philadelphia, pA 19106
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WILLFUL FALSE STATEMENTS ON THIS CHARGE CAN BE PUNTSHED BY F|NE AND tMPRISONMENT (U.S. CODE, TTTLE
18, SECTTON 1001)
PRIVACY ACT STATEMENT
Solicitation of lhe information on lhisJorm_is authorized by the National Labor Relations Act (NLM) 29 U.S.C. 151 etseq. The principal
use 0f lhe information is to assist
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