Brewster Aeronautical Corp.

National Labor Relations Board - Board Decisions

Sep 26, 1939

15 N.L.R.B. 669 (N.L.R.B. 1939)

In the Matter of BBEwsTER AERONAUTICAL CORPORATION and INTER-
NATIONAL UNION, UNITED AUTOMOBILE WORKERS of AMERICA, LOCAL
365, AFFILIATED WITH THE CONGRESS OF.INDUSTRIAL ORGANIZATIONS
Case No. B-1430
CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVES
September 26, 1939
On August 24, 1939, the National Labor Relations Board, herein
called the Board, issued a Decision and Direction of Election in the
above-entitled case.' The Direction of Election provided that an
election by secret ballot be conducted within fifteen (15) days from
the date of the Direction among the production and maintenance
employees of Brewster Aeronautical Corporation, Long Island City,
New York, herein called the Company, at its Long Island City plant,
who were employed by the Company during the pay-roll period last
preceding the date of the Direction, including assembly men, machin-
ists, helpers, welders, pattern makers, shipping employees, and ex-
perimental workers, and such of those employees who did not work
.during such pay-roll period because they were ill or on vacation or who
were then or had since been temporarily laid off, but excluding en-
gineers, inspectors, stock chasers, supervisory employees with the right
to hire and fire, office and clerical employees, and employees who had
since such pay-roll period quit or been discharged for cause, to deter-
mine whether they desired to be represented by C. I. O.-International
Union, United Automobile Workers of America, or A. F. L.-Inter-
national Union, United Automobile Workers of America, for the pur-
poses of collective bargaining, or by neither.
Pursuant to the Direction of Election, an election by secret ballot
was conducted under the direction and supervision of the Regional
Director for the Second Region (New York City) on September 7,
1939. On September 9, 1939, the Regional Director, acting pursuant
to Article III, Section 9, of National Labor Relations Board Rules
and Regulations-Series 2, issued and served upon the parties an
Election Report. No objections to the ballot or the Election Report
have been filed by any of the parties.
114 N . L. R. B. 1024.
15 N. L. R. B., No. 69.
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670 DECISIONS OF NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD
As to the balloting and its results, the Regional Director reported
as follows :
Total number eligible to vote______________________________ 1,289
Total number of ballots cast_______________________________ 1,010
Total number of ballots counted____________________________ 1,006
Total number of ballots cast in favor of C. I. O: International
Union, United Automobile Workers of America ------------ 680
Total number of ballots cast in favor of A. F. L.-International
Union, United Automobile Workers of America ------------ 248
Total number of ballots cast for neither organization-------- 78
Total number of blank ballots______________________________ 2
Total number of void ballots_______________________________ 0
Total number of challenged ballots______________________'__ 2
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, 49 Stat. 449, and pursuant to Article III, Sections 8 and 9, of
National Labor Relations Board Rules and Regulations-Series 2,
IT IS ME YBCERTIFIED that C. I. O.-International Union, United
Automobile Workers of America, has been designated and selected by
a majority of production and maintenance employees of Brewster
Aeronautical Corporation at its Long Island City plant, including
assembly men, machinists, helpers, welders, pattern makers, shipping
employees, and experimental workers, but excluding engineers, in-
spectors, stock chasers, supervisory employees with the right to hire
and fire, and office and clerical employees, as their representative for
the purposes of collective bargaining, and that pursuant to the pro-
visions of Section 9 (a) of the National Labor Relations Act, C. I. 0.-
International Union, United Automobile Workers of America, is the
exclusive representative of all such employees for the purposes of
collective bargaining in respect to rates of pay, wages, hours of em-
ployment, and other conditions of employment.