STATE OF MAINE                         MAINE LABOR RELATIONS BOARD
                                       Case No. 94-UD-03
                                       Issued:  October 14, 1993

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INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF EMTs   )
& PARAMEDICS/NAGE, AFL-CIO,         )
                                    )
                  Petitioner,       )
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              and                   )       UNIT DETERMINATION
                                    )            DECISION
YORK VOLUNTEER AMBULANCE            )
ASSOCIATION,                        )
                                    )
                  Employer.         )
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     The hearing in the above-styled cause was scheduled to
convene at 1:00 p.m. on Wednesday, October 13, 1993.  The
undersigned, four representatives of the employer and a number of
paramedic employees employed by the employer in the sought-after
unit waited until 2:00 p.m. for Attorney Robert Sullivan, the
designated representative of the petitioning International
Association of EMTs & Paramedics/NAGE, AFL-CIO.  Mr. Sullivan's
office indicated on being called that Mr. Sullivan was to have
left an appointment in Newton, Massachusetts, at 10:30 a.m. for
the Board's 1:00 p.m. hearing.  Not wanting to prejudice their
right to attempt to organize at any future date, at shortly after
2:00 p.m., the paramedics in attendance at the hearing requested
that the petition be withdrawn.  No contact with Mr. Sullivan was
made prior to this request for withdrawal of the petition.
       
     Accordingly, the petition is hereby dismissed without
prejudice to refiling in accordance with the Board's Unit
Determination Rules.
        
Dated at Augusta, Maine, this 14th day of October, 1993.
        
        
        
                                  /s/_____________________________
                                  M. Wayne Jacobs
                                  Designated Hearing Examiner
        
The parties are hereby advised of their right, pursuant to 26
M.R.S.A.  968(4) (Supp. 1992), to appeal this Order to the Maine
Labor Relations Board.  To initiate such an appeal, the party
seeking appellate review must file a notice of appeal with the
Board within fifteen (15) days of the date of the issuance of
this report.  See Rules 1.12 and 7.03 of the Board's Rules and
Procedures for full requirements.