Arnelle of California

National Labor Relations Board - Board Decisions

May 13, 1975

217 N.L.R.B. 986 (N.L.R.B. 1975)

986 DECISIONS OF NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD
Arnelle of California and International Ladies Gar-
ment Workers Union , Petitioner . Case 20-RC-
12475
May 13, 1975
DECISION ON REVIEW AND ORDER
BY MEMBERS JENKINS, KENNEDY, AND PENELLO
On January 6, 1975, the Regional Director for Re-
gion 20 issued his Decision and Direction of Election
in the above-entitled proceeding in which he found that
the cutters and sample cutters constituted a separate
appropriate craft bargaining unit.
Thereafter, the Employer, in accordance with Sec-
tion 102.67 of the National Labor Relations Board
Rules and Regulations, Series 8, as amended, filed a
timely request for review of the Regional Director's
decision, contending, inter alia, that the Regional Di-
rector departed from Board precedent in finding the
unit of cutters appropriate here inasmuch as they do
not perform the highly skilled functions of preparing
markers for marking. Petitioner filed an opposition to
the request for review.
By telegraphic Order dated January 29, 1975, the
National Labor Relations Board granted the request
for review and stayed the election pending decision on
review.
Pursuant to the provisions of Section 3(b) of the
National Labor Relations Act, as amended, the Na-
tional Labor Relations Board has delegated its au-
thority in this proceeding to a three-member panel.
The Board has considered the entire record in this
proceeding, including the documents of the parties,
with, respect to the issues under review, and makes the
following findings:
The Employer is a California corporation engaged in
the manufacture of women's clothing. Its basic manu-
facturing operation consists of designing the women's
apparel, fabricating patterns from the designs, making
samples, cutting fabric, and shipping the cut fabric to
subcontractors for sewing and pressing, after which the
garments are returned to the Employer for packaging
and shipping.
We agree with the contention of the Employer that
the cutters and sample cutters involved herein do not
exercise the skills which the Board has required to
warrant finding them a separate and distinct craft bar-
gaining unit. As the Board explained in Newburgh Mfg.
Co. Inc., 151 NLRB 763 (1965), cutters who perform
the highly skilled function of "preparation of markers"
or "marking" may be represented separately in a craft
unit. The record in the instant cases does not affirma-
tively show that the cutters sought perform the highly
skilled functions of preparation of markers or marking.
Rather, the record shows that such skills are performed
by a group of patternmakers, not sought by Petitioner.
As Petitioner does not seek a broader unit herein, we
shall dismiss the petition.
ORDER
It is hereby ordered that the petition herein be, and
it hereby is, dismissed.
217 NLRB No. 163