The Electric Controller & Manufacturing Co.

National Labor Relations Board - Board Decisions

Aug 27, 1946

70 N.L.R.B. 903 (N.L.R.B. 1946)

In the Matter of THE ELECTRIC CONTROLLER & MANUFACTURING
COMPANY and UNITED ELECTRICAL, RADIO & MACHINE W ORKERS OF
AMERICA, C. I. O.
Case No. 8-R-2047
SUPPLEMENTAL DECISION
AND
AMENDMENT TO DECISION AND DIRECTION OF
ELECTION
August 07, 1946
On August 6, 1946, the National Labor Relations Board, herein
called the Board, issued a Decision and Direction of Election in this
proceeding.' On August 22, 1946, the Petitioner filed a motion re-
questing that the Board amend its Decision of Election by clarifyiiig
the status of student engineers in the engineering unit found appro-
priate therein.
The record reveals that when a graduate engineer is employed, the
Employer accords him the status of student engineer for a period of
from one to two years. In such capacity he receives shop training
and attends various lectures and classes given by Employer execu-
tives. At the end of the training period he is assigned to one of the
Ennployer's five engineering departments. Although no special con-
,sideration was given to the student engineers in the original Decision
and Direction of Election, it was the Board's intention to include
them in the engineering unit found appropriate therein. Although
the student engineers, upon termination of their training period, may
be assigned to Tegular engineering positions not included in the ap-
propriate unit, a reexamination of the record confirms our opinion
that these engineers, during the training period, have substantially
the same interests as other engineers included in the engineering unit.2
/Accordingly, in clarification of our unit finding, we hereby amend the
Decision ,and Direction of Election by deleting therefrom the second
paragraph on page 6 thereof, and substituting therefor the following
paragraph, to wit :
'69 N I. R. B 1242.
2 Matte; of Wagner Electric Corporation , 67 N L R B. 1104
70 N L. R B., No. 70.
903
904 DECISIONS OF NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD
We find that all engineers of the Company, including the student
engineers, but excluding the chief engineer, field engineers, applica-
tion engineers, the patent attorney engineer, and all supervisory
employees with authority to hire, promote, discharge, discipline, or
otherwise effect changes in the status of employees, or effectively
recommend such action, constitute a unit appropriate for the pur-
poses of collective bargaining within the meaning of Section 9 (b) of
the Act.
MR. JAMES J. REYNOLDS, JR., took no part in the consideration of
the above Supplemental Decision and Amendment to Decision and
Direction of Election.