Brown and Sharpe Manufacturing Co.

National Labor Relations Board - Board Decisions

Nov 18, 1941

36 N.L.R.B. 1083 (N.L.R.B. 1941)

In the Matter of BROWN AND SHARPE MANUFACTURING COMPANY and
INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MACIIINISTS, AFFILIATED WITH THE
AMERICAN FEDERATION OF LABOR
In the Matter of BROWN AND SHARPE MANUFACTURING COMPANY and
INTERNATIONAL MOLDERS AND FOUNDRY WORKERS UNION, AFFILIATED
WITH THE AMERICAN FEDERATION OF LABOR
Cases Nos. R-3154 and R-3155, respectively.Decided November
18, 1941
Jurisdiction : machine tool manufacturing industry.
Investigation and Certification of Representatives : existence of question : Com-
pany refused to accord unions recognition until certified by the Board; elections
necessary.
Units Appropriate for Collective Bargaining : separate units comprising: (1)
factory production and maintenance men, foundry maintenance men (exclud-
ing blast maintenance workers), including machinists, apprentices, factory
and foundry inspectors and elevator men, and excluding factory and foundry
time clerks and pre-price men, and with further particularization of inclu-
sions and exclusions; and (2) foundry production men, blast maintenance
workers, apprentice molder coremakers, with other specific inclusions and
exclusions.
Swan, Keeney & Smith, of Providence, R. I., by Mr. Dana M. Swan
and Mr. Eugene J. Phillips, for the Company.
Mr. Jerome Y. Sturm, of New York City, for the I. A. M. and the
Molders.
Mr. Win. F. Scharnikow, of counsel to the Board.
DECISION
AND
DIRECTION OF ELECTIONS
STATEMENT OF THE CASE
On September 24, 1941, International Association of Machinists,
affiliated with the American Federation of Labor, herein called the
I. A. Al., and on September 25, 1941, International Molders and
Foundry Workers Union, affiliated with the American Federation of
Labor,' herein called the Molders, filed with the Regional Director
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for the First Region (Boston, Massachusetts) amended petitions 1
alleging that a question affecting commerce had arisen concerning the
representation of employees of Brown and Sharpe Manufacturing Co.,
Providence, Rhode Island, herein called the Company, and requesting
an investigation' and certification of representatives pursuant to
Section 9 (c) of the National Labor Relations Act, 49 Stat. 449,
herein called the Act.
On September 30, 1941, the National Labor Relations Board, herein
called the Board, acting pursuant to Section 9 (c) of the Act andan
Article III, Section 3, and Section 10 (c) (2), of National Labor
Relations Board Rules and Regulations-Series 2, as amended, or-
dered an investigation and authorized the Regional Director to
conduct it and to provide for an appropriate hearing on due notice,
and further ordered that the cases be consolidated.
On October 1, 1941, the Regional Director issued a notice of hear-
ing, and, on October 6, 1941, a notice of postponement of hearing,
copies of which notices, together with copies of the amended petitions,
were duly served upon the Company, the I. A. M., and the Molders.
Pursuant to these notices, a hearing was held on October 14 and 15,
1941, at Providence, Rhode Island, before Albert J. Hoban, the Trial
Examiner duly designated by the Chief Trial Examiner. The Com-
pany, the I. A. M., and the Molders were represented by counsel and
participated in the hearing. - Full opportunity to be heard, to exam-
ine and cross-examine witnesses, and to introduce evidence bearing
on the issues was afforded all parties. During the course of the
hearing, the Trial Examiner made certain rulings on objections to
the admission of evidence and on motions, including motions further
to amend the petitions of both the I. A. M. and the Molders which
were granted.2 The Board has reviewed all the rulings of the Trial
Examiner and finds that no prejudicial errors were committed. The
rulings are hereby affirmed.
On October 4, 1941, the Company filed with the Regional Director
notices of motions to dismiss both the petitions and amended petitions
herein. On October 6, 1941, the Regional Director, pursuant to
Article III, Section 4, of National Labor Relations Board Rules and
Regulations-Series 2, as amended, referred said motions to the
Board for appropriate action. Upon further amendment of the
petitions at the hearing, the Company renewed its motions, directing
them also to the petitions as then amended. The Company now
3 The reference is to the second amended petition of the I. A M . and the first amended
petition of the Molders The original petition of the I A M. was filed on August 21,
1941, and the first amended petition on 'September 4, 1941. The original petition of
the Molders was filed on September 6, 1941.
a Both amendments at the hearing further particularized the inclusions In, and exclu-
sions from, the appropriate units alleged.
BROWN AND SHARPE MANUFACTURING COMPANY 1085
presses its motions upon only two of the distinct grounds originally
urged : 3 (1) that the amended petition of the I. A. M. fails to state
"the number or percentage" of the employees in the alleged appro-
priate unit who have designated the I. A. M. as their representative; .,
and (2) that the amended petition of the Molders shows that the
Molders has not been designated by the majority of the employees
in the alleged appropriate unit as their representative. In view of
the Board's finding in Section III, below, that the I. A. M. and the
Molders have shown that each represents a substantial number of
employees in the units respectively alleged by them to be appropriate,
the Company's motions are without merit and are, therefore, denied.
After the hearing, the Company and the I. A. M. filed briefs with
the Board which it has considered.5.
Upon the entire record in the case, the Board makes the following:
FINDINGS OF FACT
I. THE BUSINESS OF THE COMPANY
Brown and Sharpe Manufacturing Co. is a Rhode Island corpora-
tion with its principal office, plant, and place of business at Provi-
dence, Rhode Island, and is engaged in the manufacture, sale, and
distribution of machine tools and attachments, cutters' and inachin-
ists tools, parts and tools for machinery and special fixtures, sewing
machines, iron castings, and other miscellaneous articles. During
each year, the' Company uses more than $10,000,000 worth of raw
materials (steel, iron, and various other metals),,tools, and equipment
of which in excess of 50 per cent is shipped to the Company's plant
from points outside the State of Rhode Island. The Company annu-
ally manufactures in excess of $20,000,000 worth of finished products,
more than 50 per cent of which is shipped from the Company's plant
to points outside the State of Rhode Island. The Company concedes
that it is engaged in commerce within the meaning of the Act.
II. THE ORGANIZATIONS INVOLVED
International Association of Machinists is a labor organization
affiliated with the American Federation of Labor, admitting to mem-
bership employees of the Company.
3The grounds abandoned by the Company in its brief were that no copy of the petition
or second amended petition of the I A M nor a copy of the Molders' petition was served
upon the Company ; and that the description of the appropriate unit alleged in the
petition of the I A M was vague, ambiguous, and contradictory. A further stated
objection to the Moldeis' petition, namely, that no question of representation had arisen,
is, in substance, identical with the separately framed objection that the petition failed
to show majority designation, and is so considered
4 The amended petition states "a majority" had designated the I. A. M
5 No brief was submitted expressly on behalf of the Molders. The brief of the I. A AT ,
filed by their mutual counsel, however, contained extended argument in' favor of the posi-
tion taken by the Molders in its amended petition and at the hearing.
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International Molders and Foundry Workers Union is a labor
organization affiliated with the American Federation of Labor, admit-
ting to membership employees of the Company.
III. THE QUESTIONS CONCERNING REPRESENTATION
Both the I. A. M. and the Molders requested -recognition by the
Company, each as the exclusive bargaining representative of a dis-
tinct group of the Company's employees. The Company has refused
to recognize, or bargain with, either union without certification by
the Board.
Statements prepared by the Regional Director and introduced in
evidence show that the I. A. M. and Molders each represent a sub-
stantial number of the Company's employees in the units hereinafter
found to be appropriate .6
We find that questions have arisen concerning the representation of
the employees of the Company.
IV. THE EFFECT OF THE QUESTIONS CONCERNING REPRESENTATION UPON
COMMERCE
We find that the questions concerning representation which have
arisen, occurring in connection with the operations of the Company
described in Section I above, have a close, intimate, and substantial
relation to trade, traffic, and commerce among the several States and
tend to lead to labor disputes burdening and obstructing commerce
and the free flow of commerce.
V. THE APPROPRIATE UNITS
The contentions of the parties
The I. A. M. and the Molders claim the representation of two sepa-
rate and mutually exclusive units of the Company's employees, both
of which units they allege to be appropriate.
6 According to the Regional Director ' s statements , the I. A. M submitted 2,774 cards
(all bearing apparently genuine original signatures ), 2,643 of which were applications for
membership in the I. A. M . and 131 of which were cards authorizing the I A. M. to
represent the subscribers . They signatures on 122 of 140 cards taken at random were
names of persons on the Company 's pay roll of September 6, 1941, within the unit of
6,672 persons alleged to be appropriate by the I. A. M before the hearing
The Regional Director 's statements show further that the Molders submitted 54 dues
books and 219 cards , of which cards 169 were applications for membership in the Molders,
34 were applications for membership in the I. A. M , and 16 were authorizations of the
I. A. M as the subscribers ' representative . There was testimony that the I. A. M.
relinquished the signers of its cards to the Molders ( whose organizing efforts began later)
on the latter ' s claim of jurisdiction . Two hundred and two of the signatures on the 219
cards were apparently genuine original signatures . Twenty-five of the names appearing
on 27 apparently genuine cards and books selected at random also appeared on the
Company 's pay roll for September 6, 1941 , within the unit of 732 employees claimed
to be appropriate by the Molders before the hearing.
BROWN AND SHARPE MANUFACTURING COMPANY 1087
The I. A. M. requests a unit comprising roughly (1) all mainte-
nance and production men in the factory, including inspectors, ma-
chinists apprentices, and stock, shipping, receiving, messenger, and
time clerks, and (2) all maintenance men in the foundry (excluding
blast maintenance workers) and other workers in the foundry who
are not claimed by the Molders, including foundry time clerks and
foundry inspectors. Specifically, the I. A. M. would include in such
unit, factory and foundry time clerks and the employees in the cat-
egories listed in Appendix A; with the exception of elevator oper-
ators. The I. A. M. would exclude from the unit elevator operators
and the employees, except factory and foundry time clerks, in the
categories listed in Appendices B and E.
The Molders claim, and the I. A. Al. agrees to, an appropriate
unit consisting entirely of workers in the foundry, comprising
roughly all production men, apprentice molder coremakers, shipping
and receiving clerks, and blast maintenance workers. The Molders
would specifically include in this unit only the classes of employees
listed in Appendix C and would exclude all classes listed in Appen-
dices D and E.
In effect, the petitioning unions seek a semi-industrial unit, to be
represented by the I. A. M., and what is essentially a craft- unit, to
be represented by the Molders.
The Company alleges a plant-wide unit to be appropriate. , It
states that if the Board should nevertheless find the plant-wide unit
inappropriate, it desires the exclusion of inspectors, time clerks, and
apprentices from each of the separate units sought by the Unions.
It contends that if time clerks be included in any unit, so also ought
pre-price men, whom the unions would exclude. Finally, it contends
that elevator operators, patternmakers, and printing-department
employees should, over the objection of the Unions, be included in the
unit sought by the I. A. M.
The operation of the Company's plant
The, foundry and the factory consist of a number of buildings,
connected by tunnels, bridges, and passageways. The foundry makes
castings,for the factory. The operations in both are subject to the
control of a single works superintendent and his superior, a works
manager. The same ordering, scheduling, administration, advertis-
ing, auditing, credit, drafting, employment, engineering, estimating,
correspondence (except technical correspondence), inspection, main-
tenance (except flask maintenance), purchasing, and pay-roll depart-
ments function for the entire plant.
All production workers are paid at a base hourly rate plus a
possible bonus under a wage incentive plan. Other employees are
all paid at a straight hourly rate.
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The Company contends that the physical unity of the plant, the
centralization of management, the continuity of processes and flow
of materials from department to department, and the uniformity of
its labor policy throughout the plant indicate the plant to be the
appropriate unit. It argues that such a unit would save time in
bargaining, eliminate jurisdictional difficulties, and insure equality of
treatment to all employees.
On the other hand, the Company admits that there are differences
in the skills required of the various groups of the Company's em-
ployees and that in the event of a change in job, the employee must
be trained anew. For this reason, such transfers are not usual and
are made only when the worker's health requires the change, when
the worker desires another type of work, or when the management
is trying to find a job 'at which the worker may become more profi-
cient. Finally, in connection with its labor relations, its works
manager, who has been employed by the'Company for 44 years, testi-
fied that he knew of no history of collective bargaining between the
Company and any union.
Under all the circumstances, and in view of the fact that employee
self-organization has taken the form of the two distinct,units agreed
to by the I. A. M. and the Molders, and the fact that the latter seeks
to represent what is essentially a traditional craft group, we find that
those units, rather than the plant-wide unit requested by the Com-
pany, are appropriate for purposes of dollective bargaining.'
Apprentices
The I. A. M. requests the inclusion of machinist apprentices in
the unit claimed by it to be appropriate, and the Molders request
the inclusion of apprentice molder coremakers in the proposed mold-
ers' unit. The Company desires the exclusion of all its apprentices
from any appropriate unit. There are 214 apprentices employed
by the Company under separate indentures, in which the Company
guarantees the apprentice proper training and schooling, subject
to his obedience of the Company's rules.
Each machinist apprentice serves four years (in a limited college
group, only two years) and each molder apprentice, 3 years, includ-
ing, in all cases, a brief probation period. During the period of
apprenticeship, the apprentice works 51 hours a week, goes to class
four hours, and is taught not only one operation but practically all
operations in the factory or the foundry, as the case may be. He
works alongside the other workers, doing the same work, subject to
the same foreman, with occasional help from the shop instructor. He
I Matter of Red Jacket Mfq Co and International Association of Machinists, Local
#388 (AFL), 36 N L R B 932
,BROWN AND SHARPE 1\IANUFACTURING COMPANY 1089,
is paid a base hourly wage plus a bonus somewhat similar to , but not
exactly equivalent to, the pay of the other workers. He works, and
is paid for , overtime. Removal of apprentices would require the
substitution of other workers. '
The Company trains each apprentice for a supervisory job in its
plant although it is equally the aim of the system, in accordance
with the apprentice indenture , to develop all-round journeymen.
The I . A. M. and the Molders admit apprentices to their member-
ships. The I. A. M. introduced in evidence two contracts with other
tool manufacturers covering apprentices . There was testimony that,
as in the present case, the apprentices represented by the I. A. M. and
employed by other companies had also signed individual indentures
with their employers.
Upon the entire record we are of the opinion that although the
Company's apprentices may ultimately graduate into jobs excluded
from both units , there is nothing in their work during their appren-
ticeship which so differentiates them from other workers as to require
their exclusion . In accordance with our 'usual practice of including
apprentices with craftsmen we shall include the apprentice machin-
ists in the unit claimed by the I. A. M., and the apprentice molder
coremakers in the unit claimed by the Molders."
Inspectors
The I. A. M. asks, and the Molders agrees, that inspectors in both
foundry and shop be included in the unit claimed by the I. A. M. The
Company, although willing to include the inspectors in a plant-wide
unit, objects to their inclusion in any smaller unit.
Inspectors in both foundry and shop are responsible to a Chief
Inspector (who handles their discipline and deals with them as to
their working conditions) and are not subordinate to the foundry
or the shop foremen. Occasionally, a machinist is made an inspector,
or an inspector, a machinist. The inspectors are paid at an hourly
rate without bonus, are subject to the same rules and regulations as
other employees, punch their time in and out, have no authority
over the men in the plant, and have no right to discharge or penalize.
The inspector's job is to examine and pass or reject the work in the
departments to which he is assigned, according to the Company's
standards. Upon final rejection by the inspector, the worker must
correct the defect or repeat the job without compensation. Any loss of
wages in excess of five dollars, however, must be approved by the
Works Manager. Inasmuch as the inspectors appear to be without
e See Matter of Endicott Forging and Mfg Co . and National Die Sinkers Conference,
29 N. L R B , No 39, and cases therein cited.
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direct supervisory authority , but merely inspect the finished product,
we shall include them in the unit claimed by the I. A. M.9
Time clerks and pre -price men
The I . A. M. requests , and the Molders agrees , that the 53 time clerks
in both the foundry ( 9) and the machine shop ( 44) be included in the
I. A. M. unit. The Company requests the exclusion of time clerks from
any unit. If time clerks are to be included , then the Company con-
tends that pre-price men, whom both the I . A. M. and the Molders
would exclude , should also be included.
The time clerk is paid at a straight hourly wage rate. The time
clerks in the foundry work under the foundary foreman. In the shop,
the time clerks work under the same foreman as the pre -price men
and the time-study men. They compare the clock cards, which are
punched by the men on arriving and leaving, and the work. cards
showing the time spent on each job. The information on the work
cards is later used by the pre-price men and the planning board. The
time clerks have no necessary contact with the men and are not
supervisory employees.
The pre-price men are straight hourly wage workers under the same
foreman as time-study men and shop time clerks . They take informa-
tion as to time spent on different jobs from the cards used by the
time clerks and also data from the time -study men as to actual timing
of operations . For the purpose of price, they estimate in advance
the time which will be required for the various jobs.
Both the time clerks and the pre-price men appear to be clerical
workers. We shall exclude them from the bargaining units.
Elevator operators
The petitioning unions seek to exclude elevator operators from the
units claimed by them, although the I. A. M. includes sweepers and
cleaners.
Elevator operators are straight hourly wage workers who are given
various other jobs around the plant. In fact, some of them occa-
sionally act as sweepers and cleaners . The number of these men is not
given. '
No reason appears for the exclusion of elevator operators from a
unit including building-maintenance employees . We shall accordingly
include them in the unit claimed by the I. A. M.
9 Matter of Nineteen Hundred Corporation and United Electrical, Radio d- Machine
Workers of America , C. 1 0., 32 N . L. R B, Na 73, and cases therein cited.
BROWN AND SHARPE MANUFACTURING COMPANY
Patternmakers
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The I. A. M. and the Molders would exclude patternmakers from
the units which they have requested. The Company contends that
patternmakers should be included in some unit.
Patternmakers (wood and metal) work in the foundry under their
own foreman who is responsible to the foundry foreman. They are
paid on a base hourly rate with a possible bonus under a wage incen-
tive plan. Transfers between the patternmaking department and the
machine shop are not usual, considerable training being required to
effect the change.
Jurisdiction of the patternmakers was claimed by a representative
of the Patternmakers League of North America (AFL) at the hearing.
On this basis, the I. A. M. would exclude patternmakers from the
unit. The Company contends that, since the Patternmakers League
has not shown any basis for a claim that it represents a substantial
number of the Company's patternmakers, these patternmakers should
be included in the unit requested by the I. A. M. Inasmuch as the
patternmakers constitute a traditional craft group, the petitioning
unions do not desire to represent them, and an affiliate of those unions
claims jurisdiction over them, we shall exclude them from the bar-
gaining units.
Printing-department 'employees
The I. A. M. and the Molders would exclude printing-department
employees from the units. The Company contends these employees
should be found to be part of some, appropriate unit.
Very little information is given in the record concerning these
employees. The I. A. M. contends they are subject to the Typographi-
cal Union and the Printing Pressmen's Union, A. F. of L. affiliates
who have not waived jurisdiction.
We shall exclude the Company's printing-department employees
from the units.
We find that all employees of the Company in the categories listed
in Appendix A, excluding those in the categories listed in Appendices
B and E, constitute a single unit appropriate for the purposes of
collective bargaining; that all employees of the Company in the
categories listed in Appendix C, excluding those in Appendices D
and E, constitute a second separate unit appropriate for the purposes
of collective bargaining; and that said units will insure to employees
of the Company the full benefit of their right to self-organization
and to collective bargaining, and otherwise effectuate the policies of
the Act.
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VI. THE DETERMINATION OF REPRESENTATIVES
We find that the questions which have arisen concerning the repre-
sentation of employees of the Company can best be resolved by sepa-
rate elections by secret ballot. In accordance with our usual practice,
we shall direct that the persons eligible to vote in the election in each
of the appropriate units shall be the employees in such unit who
worked for the Company during the pay-roll period last preceding
the date of the Direction of Elections herein subject to the limitations
and additions set forth in the Direction.
Upon the basis of the above findings of fact and upon the entire
record in the case; the Board makes the following :
CoNcLusIoNs of LAW
1. Questions affecting commerce have arisen concerning the repre-
sentation of employees of Brown and Sharpe Manufacturing Co.,
Providence, Rhode Island, within the meaning of Section 9 (c) and
Section 2 (6) and (7) of the National Labor Relations Act.
2. All factory and foundry employees of the Company in the cate-
gories listed in Appendix A, excluding those in the categories listed
in Appendices B and E, constitute a unit appropriate for the pur-
poses of collective bargaining, within the meaning of Section 9 (b)
of the National Labor Relations Act.
3. All foundry employees of the Company in the categories listed
in Appendix C, excluding those in the categories listed in Appen-
dices D and E, constitute a unit appropriate for the purposes of
collective bargaining, within the meaning of Section 9 (b) of the
National Labor Relations Act.
DIRECTION OF ELECTION
By virtue of and pursuant to the power vested in the National
Labor Relations Board by Section 9 (c) of the National Labor Rela-
tions Act, and pursuant to Article III, Section 8, of National Labor
Relations Board Rules and Regulations-Series 2, as amended, it is
hereby
DIRECTED that, as part of the investigation authorized by the Board
to ascertain representatives for the purposes of collective bargaining
with Brown and Sharpe Manufacturing Co., Providence, Rhode
Island, elections by secret ballot shall be conducted as early as pos-
sible, but not later than thirty (30) days from the date of this Direc-
tion, under the direction and supervision of the Regional Director
for the First Region, acting in this matter as agent for the National
Labor Relations Board and subject to Article III, Section 9, of said
Rules and Regulations,
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(a) among all factory and foundry employees of the company in
the categories listed in Appendix A who worked for the Company
during the'pay -roll period last preceding the date of this Direction,
including employees who did not work during such pay-roll period
because they were ill or on vacation or in the active military service
,or training of the United States , or temporarily laid off, but exclud-
ing employees in the categories listed in Appendices B and E and
those employees who have since quit or been discharged for cause, to
determine whether or not they desire to be represented by Interna-
tional Association of Machinists , affiliated with the American Federa-
tion of Labor, for the purposes of collective bargaining; and
(b) among all foundry employees of the Company in the categories
listed in Appendix C who worked for the Company during the pay-
roll period last preceding the date of this Direction , including em-
ployees who did not work during such pay-roll period because they
were ill or on vacation or in the active military service or training
of the United States, or temporarily laid off, but excluding employees
in the categories listed in Appendices D and E, and those employees
who have since quit or been discharged for cause ,, to determine
whether or not they desire to be represented by International Mold-
ers and Foundry Workers Union, affiliated with the American Fed-
eration of Labor, for the purposes of collective bargaining.
APPENDIX A
Specific inclusions of Company's employees in unit found appropriate
in paragraph 2 of the Conclusions of Law
All-round machinists
Bench or filing hands
Assemblers
Erectors
Scraper hands
Lathe hands
Hand Lathe operators
Boring mill hands
Milling machine hands
Thread milling hands
Planer hands
Splining or broaching
Drill press hands
Turret Lathe hands
Screw machine hands
Gear cutter hands
Grinding machine hands
Toolmakers
Gauge makers
Blacksmiths
Hardeners
Annealers
Power press hands
Miscellaneous machine op-
erators
Sheet metal workers
Welders
Polishers
Platers
Inspectors
Machinery painters
Maintenance painters
Japan painters
Handy-men and helpers
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Machinists apprentices
Carpenters
Millwrights
Belt men
Pipe fitters
Electrical workers
Cutting off machine op-
erators
Soldering and lead workers
Lappers by hand and ma-
chine
Chuckers
Boxers
Stampers
Stock clerks
Toolroom keeper clerks
Factory shipping clerks
Factory receiving clerks
Messenger clerks
Inside truckers
Sweepers and cleaners
Yard Laborers
Riggers
Equipment repairmen
Elevator operators
APPENDIX B
Specific exclusions of Company's employees from unit found appro-
priate in paragraph 2 of the Conclusions of Law
Executives
Office employees
Supervisory employees not
engaged in production
Patternmakers
Stationary engineers and
firemen
Printing department em-
ployees
Outside truck drivers
Guards
Watchmen
Main office clerical em-
ployees
Department office clerical
employees
Engineering department
employees
Designers
Draftsmen
Demonstrators
Salesmen
Apprentice school instruc-
tors
Doctors and dispensary em-
ployees
Employees on the educa-
tional staff
Planning' Board employees
Time study men
Pre-price men
Factory and foundry time
clerks
Foundry employees spe-
cifically claimed by the
Molders' Union (see Ap-
pendix C.)
Categories of employees
given in Appendix E.
BROWN AND SHARPE MANUFACTURING COMPANY
APPENDIX C
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Specific inclusions of Company's foundry employees in unit found
appropriate in paragraph 3 of the Conclusions of Law
Snaggers
Core makers
Molders
Flask makers
Sand slinger operators
Laborers
Shipping clerks
Receiving clerks
Welders
Apprentice molder core
makers
Annealing furnace opera-
tors
APPENDIX D
Specific exclusions of Company's foundry employees from unit found
appropriate in Paragraph 3 of the Conclusions of Law
Executives
Office employees
Supervisory employees not
engaged in production
Foremen
Assistant foremen
Sub-foremen and assistants
Watchmen
Maintenance employees
other than blast main-
tenance employees
Inspectors
Time clerks
Pattern makers
Categories of employees
given in Appendix E
APPENDIX E
Employees, unclassified by Company who,are excluded from both
appropriate units
Confidential clerk
Instructor of screw ma-
chine learners
Experimental engineers
Stationary engineers
Metallurgist
Firemen
Chauffeurs
Price change clerk
Housekeeper and assistant
Salvage clerk
Dispensary attendant
Clerical worker and shop
guide
Contact man on sub-
contracting
Investigator of mechanical
problems
Masons
Curtain maker and curtain
repair man
Shop, foundry, and pattern
shop contact man
Matron (female)
Laboratory assistants
Chaser
Sand tester