REPRESENTATION ISSUES; UNIT MODIFICATION – Accretion, Adding classification(s) to existing unit (PUC transit district units)

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Despite some differences between the job classification existing in the bargaining unit and new job classification which union sought to have added to the unit, because the essential functions performed by the new classification closely match those historically performed within the unit, the new classification is properly viewed as remaining within the unit. (Premcor, Inc. (2001) 333 NLRB 1365 (Premcor) [newly-created position may be placed in a bargaining unit without satisfying accretion principles or requiring employee support, if the position’s duties clearly fit within that unit].)