Glidden Buick Corp.

National Labor Relations Board - Board Decisions

Jul 30, 1941

33 N.L.R.B. 947 (N.L.R.B. 1941)

In the Matter of GLIDDEN BUICK CORPORATION and UNITED AUTO-
MOBILE WORKERS OF AMERICA, LOCAL 259, C. I. O.
Case No. R-247 3
SUPPLEMENTAL DECISION
CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES
AND
ORDER
July 30'1941
On May 31, 1941, the National Labor Relations Board, herein
called the Board, issued a Decision and Direction of Elections in the
above-entitled proceeding.' In its Decision and Direction of Elec-
tions, the Board provided that elections by secret ballot be conducted
(1) among employees at the 131st Street place of business of Glidden
Buick Corporation, New York City, with certain specified exclusions
and (2) among employees at the 55th Street place of business of the
Company, with certain specified exclusions. Pursuant to the Direc-
tion of Elections, elections by secret ballot were conducted on June
18, 1941, under the direction and supervision of the Regional Director
for the Second Region (New York City). On June 20, 1941, the
Regional Director, acting pursuant to Article III, Section 9, of Na-
tional Labor Relations Board Rules and Regulations- Series 2, as
amended, issued and duly served upon the parties an Election Report
on the ballot. Objections to the Election Report and to the conduct
of the ballot at the 131st Street place of business, were filed by United
Automobile Workers of America, Local 259, C. I. 0., herein called
the U. A. W., on June 25, 1941. On July 16, 1941, the U. A. W.
withdrew its Objections. No objections to the conduct of the ballot
at the 55th Street place of business or the Election Report thereon
have been filed by any of the parties.
With respect to the 131st Street place of business , the Regional
Director reported as follows concerning the balloting and its results:
Total Number Eligible to Vote______________________________ 103
Total Number of Ballots Cast ______________________________ 103
Total Number of Valid Ballots______________________________ 97
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Total Number of Votes in favor of United Automobile Workers
of America, Local 259, C. I. O____________________________ 43
Total Number of Votes against afore-mentioned union-------- 54
Total Number of Blank'Votes_______________________________ 0
Total Number of Void Ballots______________________________ 0
Total Number of Challenged Votes__________________________ 6
Since the challenged ballots cannot affect the results of the election,
we deem it unnecessary to pass upon the challenges. The results
of the election show that no collective bargaining representative has
been selected by a majority of the employees of the Company at its
131st Street place of business in the unit heretofore found to be ap-
propriate for the purposes of collective bargaining. The petition
for investigation and certification of representatives of employees of
the Company with respect to its 131st Street place of business will,
therefore, be dismissed.
With respect to the 55th Street place of business, the Regional
Director reported as follows concerning the balloting and its results :
Total Number Eligible to Vote____'_________________________ 10
Total Number of Ballots Cast______________________________ 10
Total Number of Valid Ballots______________________________ 9
Total Number of Votes in favor of United Automobile Workers
of America, Local 259, C. I. O____________________________ 9
Total Number of Blank Votes______________________________ 0
Total Number of Void Ballots_______________________________ 0
Total Number of Challenged Votes___________________________ 1
Since the challenged ballot cannot affect the result of the election, we
deem it unnecessary to pass upon the challenge.
By virtue of and pursuant to the power vested in the National
Labor Relations Board by Section 9 (c) of the National Labor Re-
lations 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 United Automobile Workers of Amer-
ica, Local 259, C. I. 0., has been designated and selected by a ma-
jority of all porters, the car washer, car delivery men,'freight ele-
vator operator, lesson man, and doorman employed by Glidden Buick
Corporation, New York City, at its 55th Street place of business,
excluding all office employees, all corporate officers, all salesmen,
the night cleaning woman, the foreman, the fireman, the appraisers,
and the night watchman, as their representative for the purposes of
collective bargaining, and that, pursuant to Section 9 (a) of the
National Labor Relations Act, United Automobile Workers of
America, Local 259, C. I. 0., 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.
GLIDDEN BUICK CORPORATION
ORDER
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By virtue of Section 9 (c) of the National Labor Relations Act,
49 Stat. 449, and pursuant to Article III, Sections 8 and 9, of Na-
tional Labor Relations Board Rules and Regulations-Series 2, as
amended,
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the petition for investigation and certifi-
cation of representatives of employees of Glidden Buick Corporation,
New York City, filed by United Automobile Workers of America,
Local 259, C. I. 0., be, and it hereby is, dismissed, in so far as it
relates to employees at the 131st Street place of business of the
Company.