Ladish Drop Forge Co.

National Labor Relations Board - Board Decisions

Apr 14, 1945

61 N.L.R.B. 572 (N.L.R.B. 1945)

In the Matter of LADISH DROP FORGE COMPANY and INTERNATIONAL
BROTHERHOOD OF BLACKSMITHS, DROP FORGERS & HELPERS (AFL),
AND INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MACHINISTS (AFL)
Case No. 13-R-2453
SUPPLEMENTAL DECISION
AND
AMENDED CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES
April 14, 1945
On August 21, 1944, the Board issued its Decision and Direction of
Elections 1 in the above-entitled proceedings wherein it directed elec-
tions in two units found to be appropriate to determine whether or
not the employees in said units desired to be represented jointly by
International Brotherhood of Blacksmiths, Drop Forgers & Helpers
(AFL), herein called the Blacksmiths, and International Association
of Machinists (AFL), herein called the IAM. On September 19,1944,
elections were conducted in said units. On October 24, 1944, in a
Supplemental Decision and Second Direction of Elections,2 the Board
set aside the elections of September 19, inasmuch as the elections were
not conducted in accordance with the Direction of Elections.3 On
November 17, 1944, elections were conducted pursuant to the Second
Direction, and, on November 27, 1944, the above-named labor organiza-
tions were certified jointly as the exclusive bargaining representative
of the employees in each of the appropriate units for the purposes of
collective bargaining. On March 5, 1945, the Company, the Black-
smiths, and the IAM requested that the Board amend its certification
of November 27, 1944, by severing the joint representation of the
above-entitled unions for the two bargaining units found to be
appropriate.
1 57 N. L. R. B 1468.
2 58 N . L R B 1316.
The ballots used in the elections made it impossible to determine whether or not the
employees in the two appropriate units desired to be represented jointly by the two partici-
pating labor organizations
61 N. L R. B., No. 79.
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LADISH DROP FORGE COMPANY 573
Since it appears that the proposed amendments could not affect
the results of the elections,' we shall grant the request of the parties.5
AMENDED CERTIFICATION
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, and pursuant to Article III, Sections 9 and 10, of National Labor
Relations Board Rules and Regulations-Series 3, as amended,
IT IS HEREBY CERTIFIED that the following organizations have been
designated and selected by a majority of the, employees of Ladish
Drop Forge Company, Cudahy, Wisconsin, in the units heretofore
found to be appropriate and set forth below, excluding, however, in
each instance, in addition to others specifically mentioned therein,
clerical employees, janitors, sweepers, and all supervisory employees
with authority to hire, promote, discharge, discipline, or otherwise
effect changes in the status of employees, or effeckively recommend such
action, as their representatives for the purposes of collective bargain-
ing with respect to rates of pay, wages, hours of employment, and
other conditions of employment :
1. International Association of Machinists, affiliated with the
American Federation of Labor, has been designated and selected by a
majority of all employees of the Company in its maintenance and
repair department, excluding watchmen, matrons, and charwomen;
and
2. International Brotherhood of Blacksmiths, Drop Forgers R
Helpers, affiliated with the American Federation of Labor, has been
designated and selected by a majority of all employees of the Com-
pany in its steel stores department and its forge shop, excluding the
,liaison man in the steel stores department and the safety inspector
in the forge shop.
4 The elections conducted on September 19, 1944 , which the Board set aside , expressed
the desire of a majority of the employees involved and eligible to vote to be represented
by the Blacksmiths and the IAM, respectively, in the manner proposed
5 The following amendment to the certification issued November 27, 1944, shall be
effective only as an amendment as of that date, none pro tune.
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