General Motors Corp.

National Labor Relations Board - Board Decisions

Jun 15, 1942

41 N.L.R.B. 988 (N.L.R.B. 1942)

In the Matter of BUICK MOTOR DIVISION, GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION
and DIE & TOOL MAKERS LODGE #113, INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION
OF MACHINISTS, (A. F. OF L.)
In the Matter of BUICK MOTOR DIVISION, GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION
and - INTERNATIONAL UNION OF OPERATING ENGINEERS, LOCAL 399,
A. F. OF L.
In the Matter of BUICK MOTOR DIVISION, GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION
and INTERNATIONAL UNION, UNITED AUTOMOBILE, AIRCRAFT & AGRI-
CULTURAL IMPLEMENT WORKERS OF AMERICA, AFFILIATED WITH C. I. O.
In the Matter of BUICK MOTOR DIVISION , GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION
and INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF FIREMEN AND OILERS LOCAL
No. 7 A. F. of L.
Cases Nos. R-3594 to R-3597, inclusive, respectively
SUPPLEMENTAL DECISION
AND
CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES'
June 15, 1942
On April 24,1942 , the National Labor Relations Board, herein called
the Board , issued its Decision and Direction of Elections in the above-
entitled proceeding.' Pursuant to said Direction of Elections ,_ elec-
tions by secret ballot were conducted on May 20, 1942, under the direc-
tion and supervision of the Regional Director for the Thirteenth
Region ( Chicago, Illinois ). On May 23, 1942, the Regional Director,
acting pursuant to Article III, Section 9, of National Labor Relations
Board Rules and Regulations-Series 2, as amended , issued an Elec-
tion Report, copies of which were duly served upon the parties. No
objections to the conduct of the ballot or to the Election Report were
filed by any of the parties.
As to the balloting and the results , thereof, the Regional Director
reported as follows :
140 N. L. R. B. 825.
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988
GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION 989.
Unit (a)
Number eligible------------------------------------------ 5,504
Number of ballots cast____________________________________ 4, 388
Number of blank ballots__________________________________ 6
Number, of void ballots___________________________________ 2
Number_of ballots challenged (not opened)________________ 26
Number of valid ballots counted___________________________ 4, 354
Number of valid ballots counted plus unopened challenged
;,ballots ------------------------------------------------- 4,380
Number of valid ballots necessary for majority------- --------- 2,191
Number of valid ballots cast for International Union, United
Automobile, Aircraft & Agricultural Implement Workers of
America, C. I. 0---------------------------------------- 3, 883
Number of valid ballots cast against International Union,
,,,United Automobile, Aircraft & Agricultural Implement
Workers of-America, C. I. 0_____________________________ 471
Unit (b)
Number eligible___________________________________________ 452
Number of ballots cast____________________________________ 408
Number of blank ballots__________________________________ 0
Number of void ballots___________________________________ 0
Number of ballots challenged (not opened)________________ 5
Number of valid ballots counted___________________________ 403
Number of valid ballots counted plus unopened challenged
ballots-----------------------------------"-------------- •408
Number of valid ballots necessary for majority_____________ 205'
Number of valid ballots cast for International Union, United
Automobile, Aircraft & Agricultural 'Implement Workers
of America, C. I. 0_____________________________________ 241
Votes cast for Die & Tool Makers Lodge #113, International
Association of Machinists, A. F. of L____________________ 142
Votes cast for neither____________________________________ 20
Unit (c)
Number, eligible -------------------------------------------- 41
Number of ballots cast_________________________________ 40
Number of blank ballots__________________________________ 0
Number of void ballots___________________________________ 0
Number of ballots challenged ( not opened ) ------------------ I
Number of valid ballots counted--------------------------- 39
,Number of valid ballots counted plus unopened challenged
ballots------------------------------------------------- 40
Number of, valid ballots necessary for majority____________ 21
Number of valid ballots cast for International Union, United
Automobile, Aircraft & Agricultural Implement' Workers
of America, C. I. 0------------------------------------- 0
Number of votes cast for International Union of Operating
Engineers , Local 399, A. F. L________________ 39
Number of votes cast for neither__________________________ 0
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Unit (d)
Number eligible------------------------------------------ 17
Number of ballots cast------------------------------------ 19
Number of blank ballots---------------------------------- 0
Number of void ballots----------------------------------- 0
Number of ballots challenged (not opened) ----------------- 2
Number of valid ballots counted--------------------------- 17
Number of valid ballots counted plus unopened challenged
ballots------------------------------------------------- 19
Number of valid ballots necessary for majority------------- 10
Number of valid ballots cast for International Union, United
Automobile, Aircraft & Agricultural Implement Workers of
'America, C. I. 0-----=--------------------------------- 1
Number of valid ballots cast for International Brotherhood of
Firemen and Oilers, Local No. 7, A. F. of L-------------- 16
Number of votes cast for neither-------------------------- 0
In the Decision and Direction of Elections previously referred to,
we ordered separate elections among the foregoing groups of em-
ployees, stating that there would be no final determination of the
appropriate unit or units pending the results of the elections. We
further stated that such of the groups as chose a union other than
International Union, United Automobile, Aircraft & Agricultural
Implement Workers of America, would constitute separate and dis-
tinct appropriate units, and that such as chose International Union,
United Automobile, Aircraft & Agricultural Implement Workers of
America, would together constitute a single appropriate unit.
Upon the basis of the entire record in the case, the Board makes
the following :
SUPPLEMENTAL FINDINGS
(1) We find that all operating engineers (including steam
checkers), of Buick Motor Division, General Motors Corporation,
Melrose Park, Illinois, excluding the chief engineer and salaried
employees in the powerhouse whose duties are of a purely supervisory
nature, constitute a unit appropriate for the purposes of collective
bargaining, within the meaning of Section 9 (b) of the Act.
(2) We find that all firemen, oilers, boiler washers, water tenders,
coal passers, ash handlers, engine and boiler room helpers, and water
treatment men, of Buick Motor Division, General Motors Corpora-
tion, Melrose Park, Illinois, excluding clerical and supervisory em-
ployees, constitute a unit appropriate for the purposes of collective
bargaining, within the meaning of Section 9 (b) of the Act.
(3) We find that all production and maintenance employees of
Buick Motor Division, General Motors Corporation, Melrose Park,
Illinois, including mechanical employees in the engineering depart-
ment; and including all employees in Tool Room Department 29-62
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and Tool Inspection Department 39-91, consisting of tool and die
makers, tool inspectors, and machine hands, excluding office and
supervisory employees ; and excluding employees of sales, accounting,
personnel, and industrial relations departments, superintendents and
assistant superintendents, general foremen, foremen and assistant
foremen, and all other persons working in a supervisory capacity
including those having the right to hire and discharge or those whose
duties include recommendations as to hiring or discharging (but
not leaders), time-study men, plant protection employees (but not
to include maintenance patrolmen or fire patrolmen), all clerical
employees, chief engineers and shift operating engineers working in
the power plant at the Melrose Park plant, designing (drawing
board), production, estimating and planning engineers, draftsmen
and detailers, physicists, chemists, metallurgists, artists, designer-
artists and clay plaster modelers, timekeepers, technical school
students, indentured apprentices, kitchen and cafeteria help, and also
excluding employees coming within units (1) and (2) above; consti-
tute a unit appropriate for the purposes of collective bargaining,
within the meaning of Section 9 (b) of the Act.
CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES
By virtue of and pursuant to the power vested in the National
Labor Relations Board by Section 9 (c) of the National Labor Rela-
tions Act, 49 Stat. 449, and pursuant to Article III, Sections 8 and 9,
of National Labor Relations Board Rules and Regulations-Series 2,
as amended,
IT IS HEREBY CERTIFIED that International Union of Operating En-
gineers, Local 399, has been designated and selected by a majority
of the employees of Buick Motor Division, General Motors Corpora-
tion, Melrose Park, Illinois, within the unit found appropriate in
paragraph (1) above, as their representative for the purposes of
collective bargaining, and that pursuant to Section 9 (a) of the
National Labor Relations Act, International Union of Operating
Engineers, Local 399, is the exclusive representative of all such em-
ployees for the purposes of collective bargaining with respect to
rates of pay, wages, hours of employment, and other conditions of
employment.
It is hereby certified that International Brotherhood of Firemen
and Oilers, Local No. 7, has been designated and selected by a
majority of the employees of Buick Motor Division, General Motors
Corporation, Melrose Park, Illinois, within the unit found appro-'
priate in paragraph (2) above, as their representative for the pur-
poses of collective bargaining, and that pursuant to Section 9 (a)
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of the National Labor Relations Act, International Brotherhood of
Firemen and Oilers, Local No. 7, is the exclusive representative of
all such employees for the purposes of collective bargaining, with
respect to rates of pay, wages, hours of employment, and other
conditions of employment.
IT IS HEREBY CERTIFIED that International Union, United Auto-
mobile, Aircraft & Agricultural Implement Workers of America,
has been designated and selected by a majority of the employees of
Buick Motor Division, General Motors Corporation, Melrose Park,
Illinois, within the unit found appropriate in paragraph (3) above,
as their representative for the purposes of collective bargaining, and
that pursuant to Section 9 (a) of the National Labor Relations Act;
International Union, United Automobile, Aircraft & Agricultural
Implement Workers of America, is the exclusive representative of all
such employees for the purposes of collective bargaining with respect
to rates of pay, wages, hours of employment, and other conditions of.
employment.