Borg-Warner Corp.

National Labor Relations Board - Board Decisions

Mar 2, 1940

21 N.L.R.B. 58 (N.L.R.B. 1940)

In the Matter of BORG-WARNER CORP. (MUNCIE. FOUNDRY DIVISION)
and UNITED AUTOMOBILE WORKERS OF AMERICA LOCAL No. 287,
AFFILIATED WITH THE C. I. O.
In the Matter of BORG-WARNER CORP. ( MUNCIE FOUNDRY DIVISION)
and INTERNATIONAL MOULDERS UNION LOCAL 177, AFFILIATED WITH
THE A . F. OF L.
In the Matter of BORG-WARNER CORP. ( MUNCIE FOUNDRY DIVISION)
and PATTERN MAKERS LEAGUE OF N. A. AND PATTERN MAKERS As-
SOCIATION OF INDIANAPOLIS AND VICINITY , AFFILIATED WITH THE
A. F. OF L.
Cases Nos . R-1641, R-164 and R-1643, respectively
CERTIFICATIONS OF REPRESENTATIVES
March 0, 1940
On January 16, 1940, the National Labor Relations Board, herein
called the Board, issued its Decision and Direction of Elections in
the above-entitled proceedings.' On February 2, 1940, the Board
issued an Amendment to Direction of Elections.2 Pursuant to the
Direction of Elections, as amended, elections by secret ballot were
conducted on February 6, 1940, under the direction and supervision
of the Regional Director for the Eleventh Region (Indianapolis,
Indiana). On February 8, 1940, the Regional Director, acting pur-
suant to Article III, Section 9, of National Labor Relations Board
Rules and Regulations-Series 2, as amended, issued and duly served
upon the parties an Election Report on the ballot. No objections or
exceptions to the Election Report have been filed by any of the
parties.
As to the balloting and its results, the Regional Director reported
as follows :
(1) PLANT UNIT EXCEPT PATTERN DEPARTMENT
Total number eligible to vote________________________________ 249
Total number of ballots cast________________________________ 235
Total number of valid ballots east__________________________ 232
119 N L R. B 538.
°- 20 N L R B 96
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BORG-WARNER CORPORATION
Total number of votes in favor of United Automobile Workers
of America Local No. 287, affiliated with the C. I. 0--------- 164
Total number of votes against United Automobile Workers of
America Local No 287, affiliated with the C. I. 0------------ 68
Total number of blank or void ballots--------------------- 0
Total number of challenged ballots------------------------- 3
(2) PATTERN DEPARTMENT UNIT
Total number eligible to vote------------------------------- 16
Total number of ballots cast-------------------------------- 14
Total number of valid ballots cast-------------------------- 14
Total number of votes in favor of Pattern Makers Association
of Indianapolis and Vicinity, affiliated with the Pattern
Makers League of North America , which in turn is affiliated
with the A F of L_______________________________________ 4
Total number of votes against Pattern Makers Association of
Indianapolis and Vicinity , affiliated with the Pattern Makers
League of North America , which in turn is affiliated with
the A. F of L------------------------------------------- 0
Total number of blank , void, or challenged ballots------------ 0
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By virtue of and pursuant to the power vested in the National
Labor Relations Board by Section 9 (c) of the National Labor Re-
lations Act, 49 Stat. 449, and pursuant to Article III, Sections 8
and 9, of National Labor Relations Board Rules and Regulations-
Series 2, as amended,
IT IS HEREBY CERTIFIED that United Automobile Workers of America
Local No. 287, affiliated with the Congress of Industrial Organiza-
tions, has been designated and selected by a majority of all employees
of Borg-Warner Corporation (Muncie Foundry Division), Muncie,
Indiana, excluding clerical, supervisory, and Pattern Department
employees, foremen, and the plant superintendent, as their repre-
sentative for the purposes of collective bargaining, and that, pursuant
to Section 9 (a) of the Act, United Automobile Workers of America
Local No. 287, affiliated with the Congress of Industrial Organiza-
tions, is the exclusive representative of all such employees for the
purposes of collective bargaining in respect to rates of pay, wages,
hours of employment, and other conditions of employment; and
IT Is FURTHER CERTIFIED that Pattern Makers Association of In-
dianapolis and Vicinity, affiliated with the Pattern Makers League
of North America, which in turn is affiliated with the American
Federation of Labor, has been designated and selected by a majority
of all employees in the Pattern Department of Borg-Warner Cor-
poration (Muncie Foundry Division), Muncie, Indiana, excluding
clerical and supervisory employees (other than Don Carpenter, Merle
E. Schultz, and the foreman) and the plant superintendent, as their
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representative for the purposes of collective bargaining, and that,
pursuant to Section 9 (a) of the Act, Pattern Makers Association
of Indianapolis and Vicinity, affiliated with the Pattern Makers
League of North America, which in turn is affiliated with the Ameri-
can Federation of Labor, is the exclusive representative of all such
employees for the purposes of collective bargaining in respect to rates
of pay, wages, hours of employment, and other conditions of
employment.