Remington Rand, Inc.

National Labor Relations Board - Board Decisions

Jun 29, 1943

50 N.L.R.B. 979 (N.L.R.B. 1943)

In the Matter of REMINGTON RAND, INC-. and INTERNATIONAL Asso-
CIATION OF MACHINISTS, LOCAL 826
Case No. R-3703
SUPPLEMENTAL DECISION '
Decided June 29, 1943
On April 30, 1942, the National Labor Relations Board issued a
Decision and Direction of Election in the above-entitled proceeding.,
On May 9, 1942, the Board issued an Amendment to the Direction
of Election.2 On Julie 8, 1942, the Board issued a Supplemental
Decision and Certification of Representatives,' certifying Local 826,
International' Association of Ma6hinists,4 herein called the I. -A. M.,
as the exclusive representative for the purposes of collective bar-
gaining of all production and maintenance employees at the Elmira
plant of Remington Rand, Inc. (herein called the Company), in-
cluding janitors and stockroom helpers, stock chasers, steel workers,
weight clerks, layout men, and posting and dating-out clerks, all
in Department 70; but excluding time-study men, watchmen, and
office, clerical, and supervisory employees.
Thereafter, on May, 11, the I. A. M. filed a motion for a supple-
mental order interpreting the said Certification of Representatives
as applying to all such included' production and maintenance, em-
ployees at the Elmira plant of the Company including those em-
ployed in the now so-called "E" and "N" Divisions of the said
Elmira plant. Pursuant to an order of the Board, dated May 18,
1943, the 'record in the above-entitled case was reopened, and a. hear-
ing upon. due notice was held at Elmira, .Nev York, o'n,June 8,
1943, before Francis V. Cole, Trial Examiner., The Company and
the I. A.. M. appeared and participated.' F,
At the hearing the Company and the I. A. M. stipulated that at the
time of the prior hearings and the certification in the above-entitled
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' At the time of the certification and prior thereto the I. A. M. was affiliated with the
American Federation of Labor as is recited in said certification. The I. A. M withdrew
its affiliation from the American•Federation of Labovas of May 31, 1943.
6 Notice of said hearing was also served upon the United Electrical, Radio and Machine-
Workers, of America, which was originally a party to this proceeding but which had with-
drawn from the ballot in the election held May 20, 1942. The said labor organization did
not appear.
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proceeding, the Company had been engaged in negotiations with
the United States Government for the erection by the latter of an
addition to the Company's Elmira plant to be used for the purpose of
manufacturing war items; that thereafter such addition to the original
plant was constructed adjacent to and connected with the original
plant and that operations therein were commenced subsequent to the
Supplemental Decision and Certification of Representatives referred
to above; that a substantal number of the officials, executives, and
supervisory employees, and a majority of the production and mainte-
nance employees in the new addition to the plant were transferred
from the original plant to the new addition or laid off at the original
plant and rehired at the new addition; that the Company has desig-
nated the original plant as Division "E," and the new addition as
Division "N"; and that the Company is the sole employer of the em-
ployees employed in said Division "E" and said Division "N." On
the basis of said stipulated facts the parties stipulated and agreed that
the unit set forth in the Supplemental Decision and Certification of
Representatives issued by the Board on June 8, 1942, did and does now
consist of employees in the Elmira plant of the Company including
the employees in the now so-called "E" Division and "N" Division, but
did not and does not now include employees of Andover Motors Cor-
poration which occupies leased space at said Elmira plant. The par-
ties requested the Board to issue a 'statement clarifying such unit
description in the form set forth below.
In accordance with the said stipulation between the Company and
the I. A. M., we hereby find that the unit described in the said Sup-
plemental Decision and Certification of Representatives,. dated June
8, 1942, should, and may deemed amended to read as follows:
"All' production-and`mainteii'anceemployees' employed by Reming-
ton-Rand, Inc., at its Elmira plant, specifically including the produc-
tion and maintenance employees at the "E" and "N" Divisions of
said plant; and specifically including janitors and stockroom helpers,
stock chasers, steel workers, weight clerks, layout men, posting and
dating-out clerks, but excluding time-study men, watchmen, and office,
clerical, and supervisory employees."