Auburn Foundry, Inc.

National Labor Relations Board - Board Decisions

Oct 20, 1939

16 N.L.R.B. 205 (N.L.R.B. 1939)

In the Matter of AUBURN FOUNDRY, INC. and LODGE 1998 OF AMALGA-
MATED ASSOCIATION OF IRON , STEEL AND TIN WORKERS OF NORTH
AMERICA, THROUGH THE. STEEL WORKERS ORGANIZING COMMITTEE,
AFFILIATED WITH THE COMMITTEE FOR INDUSTRIAL ORGANIZATION
Cases Nos. C-925 and R-810
SUPPLEMENTAL DECISION
AND
AMENDED DIRECTION OF ELECTION
October 20, 1939
On August 31, 1939, the National Labor Relations Board, herein
called the Board, issued its Decision , Order and Direction of Election 1
in the above-entitled proceeding. The Direction of Election provided
that an election by secret ballot be conducted at such time as the Board
should in the future direct among the production and maintenance
workers who were employed by Auburn Foundry, Inc., herein called
the Company, within a period to be determined by the Board in the
future, including those employees whom the Board had determined to
have been discriminatorily laid off or discharged, but excluding super-
visory and office employees, engineers , draftsmen, truck drivers, time-
keepers, and watchmen, to determine whether or not they desire to be
represented by Lodge 1998 of Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel
and Tin Workers of North America, through the Steel Workers Organ-
izing Committee, affiliated with the Committee for Industrial Organi-
zation, for the purposes of collective bargaining.
The Board has been informed by the Regional Director for the
Thirteenth Region that the Amalgamated desires that an election be
held at the earliest possible date. The purpose of delaying the election
directed on August 31, 1939, was to allow time for the dissipation of the
effects of the unfair labor practices directed by the Company against
the Amalgamated. Although there has been no report that the Com-
pany has complied with our Order, the Amalgamated apparently is of
the opinion that a fair election can now be held. We see no reason for
not granting its request. We shall direct that employees who were in
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the appropriate unit during the pay-roll period immediately preceding
the date of this Amended Direction of Election shall be eligible to vote.
DIRECTION OF ELECTION
By virtue of and pursuant to the power vested in the National Labor
Relations Board by Section 9 (c) of the National Labor Relations Act,
49 Stat. 449, and pursuant, to Article III, Section 8, of National
Labor Relations Board Rules and Regulations-Series 2, it is hereby
DIRECTED that, as part of the investigation authorized by the Board
to ascertain representatives for the purposes of collective bargaining
with Auburn Foundry, Inc., Auburn, Indiana, an election by secret
ballot shall be conducted as early as possible but not later than thirty
(30) days from the date of this Amended Direction of Election, under
the direction and supervision of the Regional Director for the Thir-
teenth Region, acting in this matter as agent for the National Labor
Relations Board, and subject to Article III, Section 9, of said Rules
and Regulations, among all production and maintenance workers in
the Auburn and Columbia plants, employed by the Company during
the pay-roll period immediately preceding the date of this Amended
Direction of Election, including those employees whom we have deter-
mined to have been discriminatorily laid off or discharged, excluding
supervisors and office employees, engineers, draftsmen, truck drivers,
timekeepers, and watchmen, to determine whether or not they desire to
be represented by Lodge 1998 of Amalgamated Association of Iron,
Steel and Tin Workers of North America, through the Steel Workers
Organizing Committee, affiliated with the Congress of Industrial
Organizations,2 for the purposes of collective bargaining.
Mr. WILLIAM M. LEISERSON took no part in the consideration of the
above Supplemental Decision and Amended Direction of Election.
2 Called the Committee for Industrial Organization in the Decision.