Lockheed Aircraft Corp.

National Labor Relations Board - Board Decisions

Nov 15, 1944

59 N.L.R.B. 274 (N.L.R.B. 1944)

In the Matter of LOCKHEED AIRCRAFT CORPORATION and ENGINEERS
AND ARCHITECTS ASSOCIATION OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, BURBANK
CHAPTER
In the Matter of LOCKHEED AIRCRAFT CoRPoRATioN and ASSOCIATED
ENGINEERS AND TECHNICIANS, INC.
Cases Nos. 21-R-22013 and 21-R-2355
SUPPLEMENTAL DECISION
AND
AMENDMENT TO DECISION AND DIRECTION OF
ELECTIONS
November 15, 1944
On October 20, 1944, the National Labor Relations Board issued a
Decision and Direction of Elections in the above-entitled proceeding.,,
On November 1, 1944, Engineers and Architects Association, Burbank
Chapter, herein called Burbank Chapter, requested that its name be
placed on the ballot for hourly paid employees. On November 3,
1944, the Board denied the request of Burbank Chapter. On Novem-
ber 7, 1944, Burbank Chapter filed a petition for reconsideration of its
request. The petition of Burbank Chapter is opposed by International
Association of Machinists, Aeronautical Industrial Lodge No. 727,
herein called Lodge No. 727, and by Associated Engineers and Tech-
nicians, Inc., herein called the Associated Engineers.
In support of its petition for reconsideration, Burbank Chapter
has produced evidence, which, in addition to cards previously sub-
mitted, indicates that as of the date of the hearing, Burbank Chapter
represented approximately 5 percent of the employees in the voting
group of hourly paid engineering employees. Both Lodge No. 727
and the Associated Engineers contend that Burbank Chapter should
not be accorded a place on the ballot because of its small showing
of representation among the employees in the hourly paid group.
However, inasmuch as an election is to be conducted and Burbank
Chapter has made some showing of membership, we shall accord it a
1 58 N. L. It. B. 1188.
59 N. L. R. B., No. 57.
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place on the ballot for the group of hourly paid employees.2 We shall
also amend our statement in the Decision as to the scope of the ap-
propriate unit based in part upon the result of the elections, by provid-
ing that if both voting groups select either the Associated Engineers
or Burbank Chapter as their bargaining representative, they will be
merged into a single appropriate unit.
The Associated Engineers requests that, in the event that Burbank
Chapter is permitted a place on the ballot aforesaid, the voting groups
of salaried and hourly paid employees be consolidated into a single
appropriate unit. However, since it appears that a consolidation of
such groups would necessitate the, placing on a single ballot, of two
locals of the International Association of Machinists with resulting
confusion as to the identity of such locals, the request for a consolida-
tion of the several voting groups is hereby denied.
AMENDMENT TO DECISION AND DIRECTION OF
ELECTIONS
Pursuant to the foregoing Supplemental Decision, the Decision and
Direction of Elections is hereby amended (1) by striking from Section
IV of the Decision and the subsection thereof entitled "The Character
of the Appropriate Unit," the last sentence of said subsection, and
substituting therefor the following sentence: "If at such elections, the,
employees of both engineering groups select either the Associated
Engineers or Burbank Chapter as their bargaining representative they
will be merged into a single appropriate unit; otherwise they will
constitute separate units;" and (2) by striking from the Direction of
Elections the second numbered paragraph thereof and substituting
therefor the following new paragraph: "All hourly paid engineering
employees of the Company in the group described in Section IV, above,
to determine whether they desire to be represented by International
Association of Machinists, Aeronautical Industrial District Lodge No.
727, by Associated Engineers and Technicians, Inc., or by Engineers
and Architects Association of Southern California, Burbank Chapter,
for the purposes of collective bargaining, or by none of • these
organizations."
Since it appears upon advice from the Regional Director, that a
longer time in which to hold the elections is necessary, the Direction
of Elections is further amended by striking therefrom the words "but
not later than thirty (30) days from the date of this Direction" and
substituting therefor the words "but not later than • forty-five (45)
days from the date of this Direction."
see Matter of Pullman Standard Car Manufacturing Company, 43 N. L . R. B. 971 ;
Matter of Quaker State Oil Refining Corporation , 43 N. L . R. B. 1173.