Brown and Sharpe Manufacturing Co.

National Labor Relations Board - Board Decisions

Dec 30, 1941

37 N.L.R.B. 1046 (N.L.R.B. 1941)

In the Matter of BROWN AND SHARPE MANUFACTURING COMPANY and
INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MACHINISTS, 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. B-3154 and R-3155, Respectively
CERTIFICATIONS OF- REPRESENTATIVES
December 30, 1941
On November 18, 1941, the National Labor Relations Board issued
a Decision and Direction of Elections in the above-entitled proceed-
ing.' Pursuant to the Direction of Elections, elections by secret bal-
lot were conducted on December 9,1941,-under the direction and super-
vision of the Regional Director for the First Region (Boston, Mas-
sachusetts). On December 10, 1941, the Regional Director, acting
pursuant to Article III, Section 9, of National Labor Relations Board
Rules and Regulations-Series 2, as amended, issued and duly served
upon the parties his Elections Report. No objections to the conduct
of the ballots or the Elections Report have been filed by any of the
parties. -
As to the balloting and its results, the Regional Director reported as
follows :
1. MACHINISTS UNIT
Total number on eligibility list----------------------------- 6, 201
Total number of ballots cast---------------------------- 5,909
Total number of valid votes------------------------------- 5,858
Total number of ballots cast for International Association
of Machinists, affiliated with the American Federation
of Labor----------------------------------------------- 4,586
Total number of ballots cast against International Associa-
tion of Machinists, affiliated with the American Federation
of Labor----------------------------------------------- 1,272
Total number of blank ballots---------------------------- 12
Total number of void ballots----------------------------- 6
Total number of challenged ballots -------------------------- 33
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BROWN AND SIIARPE, MANUFACTURING COMPANY 1047
2. FOUNDRY WORKERS UNIT
Total number on eligibility list___________________________ 709
Total number of ballots cast_______________________________ 618
Total number of valid votes__________________________ __ 616
Total number of ballots cast for International Molders and
Foundry Workers Union, affiliated with the American Fed-
eration of Labor________________________________________ 455
Total number of ballots cast against International Molders
and Foundry Workers Union, affiliated with the American
Federation of Labor___________________________________ 161
Total number of blank ballots_____________________________ 0
Total number of void ballots______________________________ 2
Total number of challenged ballots________________________ 0
Since the challenged ballots which were cast in the election in the
Machinists Unit cannot affect the result thereof, we find it unneces-
sary to pass upon them.
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, as amended,
IT IS HEREBY CERTIFIED that International Association of Machin-
ists, affiliated with the American Federation of Labor, has been desig-
nated and selected by a majority of the factory and foundry
employees of Brown and Sharpe Manufacturing Company, Provi-
dence, Rhode Island, in the categories listed in Appendix A of
the Decision and Direction of Elections herein, but excluding em-
ployees in the categories listed in Appendices B and E of said
Decision and Direction of Elections, as their representative for the
purposes of collective bargaining, and that, pursuant to Section 9 (a)
of the National Labor Relations Act, International Association of
Machinists, affiliated with the American Federation of Labor is the
exclusive representative of all such employees for the purposes of
collective bargaining, with respect to rates of pay, wages, hours of
employment, and other conditions of employment; and
IT IS HEREBY CERTIFIED that International Molders and Foundry
Workers Union, affiliated with the American Federation of Labor,
has been designated and selected by a majority of the foundry em-
ployees of Brown and Sharpe Manufacturing Company, Providence,
Rhode Island, in the categories listed in Appendix C of the Deci-
sion and Direction of Elections herein, but excluding employees, in
the categories listed in Appendices D and E, as their representative
for the purposes of collective bargaining, and that pursuant to
Section 9 (a) of the National Labor Relations Act, International
Molders and Foundry Workers Union, affiliated with the American
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Federation of Labor, i"s the exclusive representative of all such em-
ployees for the purposes of collective bargaining with respect to
rates of pay, wages, hours of employment, and other conditions of
employment.