Antrim Iron Co.

National Labor Relations Board - Board Decisions

May 18, 1943

49 N.L.R.B. 869 (N.L.R.B. 1943)

In the Matter of ANTRIM IRON COMPANY (Na UNITED LUMBER, IRON
AND CHEMICAL WORKERS, L. I. UNION 1259, C. I. O.
Case No. R-5288.-Decided May 18,19/•5
Mr. L. K. Pamn in,, M11i'. J. Pal?natier, and Mr. Marshall M. Uhl, of
,Grand Rapids, Mich., for the Company.
Mr. se,verino Pgllo, of Detroit, Mich., and Mr. William L. Tryon,,of
Boyne City, Mich., for the Chemical Workers.
Mr. Henry I. Wilson, of Detroit, Mich., for District 50.
Mr. Louis Cokin, of counsel to the Board.
DECISION
AND
DIRECTION OF ELECTION
STATEMENT OF THE CASE,
Upon petit ion duly filed by United.Lupiber, Iron and Chemical
Workers, L. I. Union 1259, C. I. O., herein called the Chemical Work-
ers, alleging that a question affecting commerce had arisen concerning
the representation of employees of Antrim Iron Company, Antrim,
.Michigan, herein called the Company, the National Labor Relations
-Board provided for an appropriate hearing upon due notice before
Charlotte Anschuetz, Trial Examiner. Said hearing was held at
Detroit, Michigan, on May 3, 1943.' At the commencement of the
-hearing, the Trial Examiner granted a motion of Local 12,211, District
50, Uiii'ted Mine Workers of America, herein called District 50, to
intervene. The Company, the Chemical Workers, and District 50
appeared at and participated in the hearing, and all parties were
afforded full opportunity to be heard, to examine and cross-examine
witnesses. and to introduce evidence bearing on the issues. The Trial
Examiner's rulings made at the hearing are free from prejudicial error
.and are hereby affirmed.
T you the entire record in the,case,,the Board makes the following:
FINDINGS OF FACT
1. THE BUSINESS OF THE COMPANY
'Antrim Iron Company is a Michigan corporation engaged in the
manufacture of charcoal pig iron, lumber, wood chemicals, and acetate
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of lime, at Antrim, Michigan. During 1942 the Company purchased
raw materials valued at about $290,000, approximately 13 percent of
which was shipped to it from points outside the State of Michigan.
During the same period the Company manufactured products valued
at-about $1,700.000, approximately 64.pereent of which was shipped
to points outside the State of Michig